RD.Extensions.Enums

This project provides a set of utilities to work with enums in .NET. It includes methods for retrieving various types of values (string, integer, double, etc.) from enum values. Also it caches the values for better performance.

Installation

Install the nuget package RD.Extensions.Enums from nuget.org.

Usage

enum MyEnum 
{
	[StringValue("Value1")]
	[IntegerValue(1)]
	[LongValue(1)]
	[DoubleValue(5.5)]
	[BooleanValue(true)]
	[KeyValuePair("keyOne", "valueOne")]
	[KeyValuePair("keyTwo", "valueTwo")]
	MyValue
}

IEnumCache enumCache = new EnumCache();

enumCache.GetStringValue(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns "Value1"
enumCache.GetIntegerValue(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns 1
enumCache.GetLongValue(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns 1
enumCache.GetDoubleValue(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns 5.5
enumCache.GetBooleanValue(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns true
enumCache.GetKeyValuePairs(MyEnum.MyValue); // returns a List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>
enumCache.GetEnumValueByAttributeValue<MyEnum, string>("Value1"); // returns MyEnum.MyValue

Caching Mechanism

The EnumCache class uses a caching mechanism to improve performance when retrieving values associated with an Enum. The EnumCache class provides provides multiple caching methods that allow you to cache values associated with an Enum value. The caching method can be configured in the EnumCacheOptions class. It exists the following caching methods:

• CacheExplicitly - caches the values explicitly by calling the CacheValue or CacheEnum method.
• CacheValueIfUsed - caches the value when it is retrieved for the first time.
• CacheEntireEnumWhenFirstUsed - caches the entire enum when the first value is retrieved.

Tips

• When using GetEnumValueByAttributeValue and CachingMethod.CacheValueIfUsed that won't work, because you are searching the value and can not cache it. Also you must cache the enum first with .CacheEnum<Enum>(); or using CachingMethod.CacheEntireEnumWhenFirstUsed.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please create a pull request with your changes.

License

The project is licensed under the MIT license. You can find the license here.