Is there a simple way to convert C++ enum to string?

Question

Suppose we have some named enums:

enum MyEnum {
      FOO,
      BAR = 0x50
};

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Answer 1

QT is able to pull that of (thanks to the meta object compiler):

QNetworkReply::NetworkError error;

error = fetchStuff();

if (error != QNetworkReply::NoError) {

    QString errorValue;

    QMetaObject meta = QNetworkReply::staticMetaObject;

    for (int i=0; i < meta.enumeratorCount(); ++i) {

        QMetaEnum m = meta.enumerator(i);

        if (m.name() == QLatin1String("NetworkError")) {

            errorValue = QLatin1String(m.valueToKey(error));

            break;

        }

    }

    QMessageBox box(QMessageBox::Information, "Failed to fetch",

                "Fetching stuff failed with error '%1`").arg(errorValue),

                QMessageBox::Ok);

    box.exec();

    return 1;

}

In Qt every class that has the Q_OBJECT macro will automatically have a static member "staticMetaObject" of the type QMetaObject. You can then find all sorts of cool things like the properties, signals, slots and indeed enums.

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