Question

I have an enum of the following structure:

public enum DType
{       
    LMS =  0,
    DNP = -9,
    TSP = -2,
    ONM =  5,
    DLS =  9,
    NDS =  1
}

I’m using this enum to get the names and the values.
Since there is a requirement to add more types, I need to read the type and the values from an XML file. Is there any way by which I can create this enum dynamically from XML file so that I can retain the program structure.

Answer 1

Probably, you should consider using a Dictionary<string, int> instead.

If you want to generate the enum at compile-time dynamically, you might want to consider T4.