Question

I have the following enum:

[Flags]
public enum Permissions
{
    None = 0x0000,
    All = 0xFFFF
}

If either None or All are raised, no other flag should be raised.
How do I check if either None or All are raised and nothing else?

Answer 1

In a flags enum, None should be zero, and All should be the cumulative bitwise sum. This makes the maths pretty easy, then:

if(value == Permissions.None || value == Permissions.All) {...}

maybe written as a switch if you prefer…

However, in the general case, you can test for a complete flags match (against any number of bits) with:

if((value & wanted) == wanted) {...}

and to test for any overlap (i.e. any common bits – wanted needs to be non-zero):

if((value & wanted) != 0) {...}