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EnumConverter

KimToo answered on October 23, 2024 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer EnumConverter

EnumConverter

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class DrinkDosesConverter:EnumConverter
{
    private Type _enumType;
    /// <summary />Initializing instance</summary />
    /// <param name=""type"" />type Enum</param />
    /// this is only one function, that you must
    /// change. All another functions for enums
    /// you can use by Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V
    public DrinkDosesConverter(Type type)
        : base(type)
    {
        _enumType = type;
    }

    public override bool CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context,
        Type destType)
    {
        return destType == typeof(string);
    }

    public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context,
        CultureInfo culture,
        object value, Type destType)
    {
        FieldInfo fi = _enumType.GetField(Enum.GetName(_enumType, value));
        DescriptionAttribute dna =
            (DescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(
            fi, typeof(DescriptionAttribute));

        if (dna != null)
            return dna.Description;
        else
            return value.ToString();
    }

    public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context,
        Type srcType)
    {
        return srcType == typeof(string);
    }

    public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context,
        CultureInfo culture,
        object value)
    {
        foreach (FieldInfo fi in _enumType.GetFields())
        {
            DescriptionAttribute dna =
            (DescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(
            fi, typeof(DescriptionAttribute));

            if ((dna != null) && ((string)value == dna.Description))
                return Enum.Parse(_enumType, fi.Name);
        }
        return Enum.Parse(_enumType, (string)value);
    }
}

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