Enum value to string

Question

Does anyone know how to get enum values to string?

example:

private static void PullReviews(string action, HttpContext context)
{
    switch (action)
            


        

Answer 1

This is just for the fun of it, but what if you used a dictionary of delegates? I realize that you have a completely different approach, but dictionary-izing might actually work better for what you're trying to accomplish, especially since it provides a high degree of modularity, as opposed to a mondo-switch construct (although I have to admit, your enum has only 2 members so its a moot issue). Anyways, I just wanted to air a different way to do things...

The dictionary-based approach would kind of look like this:

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public enum ProductReviewType
    {
        Good,
        Bad
    }

    public static class StringToEnumHelper
    {
        public static ProductReviewType ToProductReviewType(this string target)
        {
            // just let the framework throw an exception if the parse doesn't work
            return (ProductReviewType)Enum.Parse(
              typeof(ProductReviewType), 
              target);
        }
    }

    class Program
    {

        delegate void ReviewHandler(HttpContext context);

        static readonly Dictionary 
            pullReviewOperations = 
              new Dictionary()
            {
                {ProductReviewType.Good, new ReviewHandler(PullGoodReviews)},
                {ProductReviewType.Bad, new ReviewHandler(PullBadReviews)}
            };

        private static void PullGoodReviews(HttpContext context)
        {
            // actual logic goes here...
            Console.WriteLine("Good");
        }

        private static void PullBadReviews(HttpContext context)
        {
            // actual logic goes here...
            Console.WriteLine("Bad");
        }

        private static void PullReviews(string action, HttpContext context)
        {
            pullReviewOperations[action.ToProductReviewType()](context);
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string s = "Good";
            pullReviewOperations[s.ToProductReviewType()](null);

            s = "Bad";
            pullReviewOperations[s.ToProductReviewType()](null);

            // pause program execution to review results...
            Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}