Question

I have an Enum and I want to make a mapper with dictionary.

This is my Enum:

public enum PrintOrderStatus
{
    Pending = 1,
    Confirmed = 2,
    PreparedForPrint = 3,
    PreparedForDevlivery = 4,
    Delivered = 5,
    Canceled = int.MaxValue,
}

and this is my dictionary:

var map = new Dictionary<PrintOrderStatus, PrintOrderStatus[]>
{
    { PrintOrderStatus.Pending, new[] { PrintOrderStatus.Canceled, 
                                        PrintOrderStatus.Confirmed } },
    { PrintOrderStatus.Confirmed, new[] { PrintOrderStatus.PreparedForPrint, 
                                          PrintOrderStatus.PreparedForDevlivery } },
    { PrintOrderStatus.PreparedForDevlivery, new[] { PrintOrderStatus.Delivered } },
};

Given the current status of my entity, how can I have the values for different keys in an array?

Answer 1

To get the values associated with a key in a dictionary, you should do:

var myStatuses = map[currentStatus];