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

How about something like this?

You get the type-safety that you do with an enum, plus implicit conversion to Type

public class PowerupEffectType
{
    private readonly Type _powerupType;

    public static implicit operator Type(PowerupEffectType powerupEffectType)
    {
        return powerupEffectType._powerupType;
    }

    private PowerupEffectType(Type powerupType)
    {
        _powerupType = powerupType;
    }

    public static readonly PowerupEffectType LIGHTNING = new PowerupEffectType(typeof(LightningPowerup));
    public static readonly PowerupEffectType FIRE = new PowerupEffectType(typeof(FirePowerup));
    public static readonly PowerupEffectType WATER = new PowerupEffectType(typeof(WaterPowerup));
}