How can I associate 2 values into a single enum type value in a c# application?
For example, I have a enum type like this:
public enum person
{
soccerPlayer,
tennisPlayer,
athlete,
coach
}
A soccer player and a tennis player are athletes, but a coach is not an athlete.
If I instance a person, like this:
person p = person.soccerPlayer;
How do I do this test?
if (p == person.athlete)
In this particular case you would be better served by having a function check to see if the enum value is an athlete
static bool IsAthlete(person p) {
switch (p) {
case person.soccerPlayer:
case person.tennisPlayer:
case person.athlete:
return true;
default:
return false;
}
}
Overall though I don't believe an enum type serves you well here. An enum is typically used to represent mutually exclusive values (can be A or B but not both) or for bit flag situations. You could manipulate bit flags to work here but i feel like it isn't the best approach.
This is the type of situation which seems more suitable a full fledged type.
class Person {
public bool IsAthlete { get; private set; }
public bool IsSoccerPlayer { get; private set; }
public bool IsTennisPlayer { get; private set; }
public static readonly TennisPlayer = new Person {
IsTennisPlayer = true,
IsAthelete = true
}
public static readonly SoccerPlayer = new Person {
IsSoccerPlayer = true,
IsAthelete = true
}
}
