Enum from string, int, etc

Question

Using extension method we can create methods to convert an enum to other datatype like string, int by creating extension methods ToInt(), ToString()

Answer 1

You can do:

public static class EnumExtensions
{
    public static Enum FromInt32(this Enum obj, Int32 value)
    {
        return (Enum)((Object)(value));
    }

    public static Enum FromString(this Enum obj, String value)
    {
        return (Enum)Enum.Parse(obj.GetType(), value);
    }
}

Or:

public static class Int32Extensions
{
    public static Enum ToEnum(this Int32 obj)
    {
        return (Enum)((Object)(obj));
    }
}

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static Enum ToEnum(this Enum obj, String value)
    {
        return (Enum)Enum.Parse(obj.GetType(), value);
    }
}