Using Enums for comparing string values in Switch
- by kaleidoscope
Problem Scenario: There is an enum keeping track of operations to be performed on a table Public Enum PartitionKey { Createtask, Updatetask, Deletetask } User is entering the value for the operation to be performed and the code to check the value entered in switch case. Switch (value) { case PartitionKey.Createtask.ToString(): { Create(); break; } case PartitionKey.Updatetask.ToString(): { Update(); break; } case PartitionKey.Deletetask.ToString(): { Delete(); break; } } and it displays as error as “.” Solution: One of the possible implmentation is as below. Public Enum PartitionKey: byte { Createtask, Updatetask, Deletetask } Switch ((PartitionKey)(Int32.Parse(value))) { case PartitionKey.Createtask: { Create(); break; } case PartitionKey.Updatetask: { Update(); break; } case PartitionKey.Deletetask: { Delete(); break; } default: { break; } } Technorati Tags: Enum,A Constant Value is required,Geeta,C#
