Is it possible to save a Type (using “typeof()”) in an enum?

Question

So I\'m creating a game in XNA, C# 4.0, and I need to manage a lot of PowerUps (which in code are all inherited from class \"PowerUp\"), and to handle back-end management of the

Answer 1

This is not exactly what u are asking for. I find Jon's attribute method the best. But why not wrap it in an extension method?

public Type GetPowerupEffectType(this PowerupEffectType powerEffect)
{
    switch (powerEffect)
    {
        case LIGHTNING:
            return typeof(LightningPowerup);
        case FIRE:
            return typeof(FirePowerup);
        case WATER:
            return typeof(WaterPowerup);
        default:
            return default(Type);
    }
}

And call it:

PowerupEffectType e = PowerupEffectType.WATER;
var t = e.GetPowerupEffectType();