Enumeration and comparison 2

[Craftor]

Hi guys

I have a set of defined values which a user can pass to my program. I have set up a type enum as follows:

private enum PayMethod
{
CC = 1,
DB = 2,
CH = 3,
DD = 4,
SD = 5
}

What I want to do is ensure that the passed value is one of these options - either the character part or the numeric value. The value is passed in an XML node.

I've tried to create a function to compare the values but I don't want to do multiple if/case statements. Is there any way I can do a direct comparison between my values in the enum and the passed value?

Thanks as always

Craftor

 

[alexboly]

You can use
Enum.IsDefined(typeof(PayMethod), constant_to_test);

 

[Craftor]

Thanks alexboly - that's precisely the kind of thing I was looking for!

In case anyone else is interested, I added the following to alexboly's code to test if the user has passed a valid numeric representation of the enum:

if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(PayMethod), Enum.Parse(typeof(PayMethod), paymethod)))
{
return false;
}