Question

Consider the following enumeration:

[System.Flags]
public enum EnumType: int
{
    None = 0,
    Black = 2,
    White = 4,
    Both = Black | White,
    Either = ???, // How would you do this?
}

Currently, I have written an extension method:

public static bool IsEither (this EnumType type)
{
    return
    (
        ((type & EnumType.Major) == EnumType.Major)
        || ((type & EnumType.Minor) == EnumType.Minor)
    );
}

Is there a more elegant way to achieve this?

UPDATE: As evident from the answers, EnumType.Either has no place inside the enum itself.

Answer 1

With flags enums, an “any of” check can be generalised to (value & mask) != 0, so this is:

public static bool IsEither (this EnumType type)
{
    return (type & EnumType.Both) != 0;
}

assuming you fix the fact that:

Both = Black | White

(as Black & White is an error, this is zero)

For completeness, an “all of” check can be generalised to (value & mask) == mask.