#nullable enable
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
namespace API.Extensions;
public static class EnumExtensions
{
///
/// Extension on Enum.TryParse which also tried matching on the description attribute
///
/// if a match was found
/// First tries Enum.TryParse then fall back to the more expensive operation
public static bool TryParse(string? value, out TEnum result) where TEnum : struct, Enum
{
result = default;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
{
return false;
}
if (Enum.TryParse(value, out result))
{
return true;
}
foreach (var field in typeof(TEnum).GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
{
var description = field.GetCustomAttribute()?.Description;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(description) &&
string.Equals(description, value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
result = (TEnum)field.GetValue(null)!;
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}