Associating string values to items in code
In a comment to my previous post about advanced enums, Chris Martin provided code for a custom attribute as a solution.
In fact I use something similar to associate string values to class or class members. See my StringValueAttribute class.
This works the same as Chris' implementation, and allows things like:
enum Colors
{
[StringValue("#FF000")]
Red,
[StringValue("#00FF00")]
Green,
[StringValue("#0000FF")]
Blue
}
Color color = Colors.Red;
Console.Write(StringValueAttribute.GetValue(color));
Too bad we can associate only scalar types, as strings or integers, and not objects...