EnumExtensionsGetEnumFromDescriptionT Method

public static T GetEnumFromDescription<T>(
	string value
)
where T : struct, new(), IConvertible

Public Shared Function GetEnumFromDescription(Of T As {Structure, New, IConvertible}) ( 
	value As String
) As T

public:
generic<typename T>
where T : value class, gcnew(), IConvertible
static T GetEnumFromDescription(
	String^ value
)

static member GetEnumFromDescription : 
        value : string -> 'T  when 'T : struct, new() and IConvertible

 1/// <summary>
 2/// Thread-state type.
 3/// </summary>
 4public enum ThreadStateType
 5{
 6    [Description("Initialized")]
 7    Started = 0,
 8
 9    [Description("Ready")]
10    Waiting = 1,
11
12    [Description("Running")]
13    Processor = 2,
14
15    [Description("Standby")]
16    PreProcessor = 3,
17
18    [Description("Terminated")]
19    Ended = 4,
20
21    [Description("Wait")]
22    NotReady = 5,
23
24    [Description("Transition")]
25    WaitingForResource = 6,
26
27    [Description("Unknown")]
28    UndeterminedState = 7
29}
30
31/// <summary>
32/// Test method.
33/// </summary>
34public void GetEnumFromDescriptionTest()
35{
36    // Use GetEnumFromDescription to get an enum from a string representing its description.
37    ThreadStateType myType = EnumExtensions.GetEnumFromDescription<ThreadStateType>("Running");
38
39    // Returns: ThreadStateType.Processor
40}