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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Helpers
{
public static class StringExtensions
{
public static bool IsNullOrWhiteSpace(string value)
{
if (value != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
{
if (!char.IsWhiteSpace(value[i]))
{
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
private static readonly char[] FlagDelimiter = new [] { ',' };
public static bool TryParseEnum<TEnum>(string value, out TEnum result) where TEnum : struct {
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
result = default(TEnum);
return false;
}
var enumType = typeof(TEnum);
if (!enumType.IsEnum)
throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("Type '{0}' is not an enum", enumType.FullName));
result = default(TEnum);
// Try to parse the value directly
if (Enum.IsDefined(enumType, value)) {
result = (TEnum)Enum.Parse(enumType, value);
return true;
}
// Get some info on enum
var enumValues = Enum.GetValues(enumType);
if (enumValues.Length == 0)
return false; // probably can't happen as you cant define empty enum?
var enumTypeCode = Type.GetTypeCode(enumValues.GetValue(0).GetType());
// Try to parse it as a flag
if (value.IndexOf(',') != -1) {
if (!Attribute.IsDefined(enumType, typeof(FlagsAttribute)))
return false; // value has flags but enum is not flags
// todo: cache this for efficiency
var enumInfo = new Dictionary<string, object>();
var enumNames = Enum.GetNames(enumType);
for (var i = 0; i < enumNames.Length; i++)
enumInfo.Add(enumNames[i], enumValues.GetValue(i));
ulong retVal = 0;
foreach(var name in value.Split(FlagDelimiter)) {
var trimmedName = name.Trim();
if (!enumInfo.ContainsKey(trimmedName))
return false; // Enum has no such flag
var enumValueObject = enumInfo[trimmedName];
ulong enumValueLong;
switch (enumTypeCode) {
case TypeCode.Byte:
enumValueLong = (byte)enumValueObject;
break;
case TypeCode.SByte:
enumValueLong = (byte)((sbyte)enumValueObject);
break;
case TypeCode.Int16:
enumValueLong = (ushort)((short)enumValueObject);
break;
case TypeCode.Int32:
enumValueLong = (uint)((int)enumValueObject);
break;
case TypeCode.Int64:
enumValueLong = (ulong)((long)enumValueObject);
break;
case TypeCode.UInt16:
enumValueLong = (ushort)enumValueObject;
break;
case TypeCode.UInt32:
enumValueLong = (uint)enumValueObject;
break;
case TypeCode.UInt64:
enumValueLong = (ulong)enumValueObject;
break;
default:
return false; // should never happen
}
retVal |= enumValueLong;
}
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, retVal);
return true;
}
// the value may be a number, so parse it directly
switch (enumTypeCode) {
case TypeCode.SByte:
sbyte sb;
if (!SByte.TryParse(value, out sb))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, sb);
break;
case TypeCode.Byte:
byte b;
if (!Byte.TryParse(value, out b))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, b);
break;
case TypeCode.Int16:
short i16;
if (!Int16.TryParse(value, out i16))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, i16);
break;
case TypeCode.UInt16:
ushort u16;
if (!UInt16.TryParse(value, out u16))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, u16);
break;
case TypeCode.Int32:
int i32;
if (!Int32.TryParse(value, out i32))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, i32);
break;
case TypeCode.UInt32:
uint u32;
if (!UInt32.TryParse(value, out u32))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, u32);
break;
case TypeCode.Int64:
long i64;
if (!Int64.TryParse(value, out i64))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, i64);
break;
case TypeCode.UInt64:
ulong u64;
if (!UInt64.TryParse(value, out u64))
return false;
result = (TEnum)Enum.ToObject(enumType, u64);
break;
default:
return false; // should never happen
}
return true;
}
}
}
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