Overriding ToString() in an enumeration

[Neil]

Is it possible to override the ToString() method when
creating a simple enumeration?

public enum myEnum {
Undefined = 0,
Unassigned = 1,
Assigned = 2,
Reallocated = 3
}

I would like to be able to apply some extended features to
the ToString().

Thanks.

[Richard A. Lowe]

You won't be able to this for an enum in C#. You could create a class with
member fields as the values and override ToString() there, however. This
would be easy and have vritually the same syntax as an Enum.

Richard

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Is it possible to override the ToString() method when
creating a simple enumeration?

public enum myEnum {
Undefined = 0,
Unassigned = 1,
Assigned = 2,
Reallocated = 3
}

I would like to be able to apply some extended features to
the ToString().

Thanks.

[Jeff Louie]

Here is the code again:

http://www.geocities.com/jeff_louie/OOP/oop5.htm

sealed class MyEnum
{
*** private String name;
*** private static int nextOrdinal= 1;
*** private int ordinal= nextOrdinal++;
*** private MyEnum(String name)
*** {
******* this.name= name;
*** }
*** public override String ToString()
*** {
******* return name;
*** }
*** public int ToOrdinal()
*** {
******* return ordinal;
*** }
*** public static MyEnum INVALID= new MyEnum("Invalid"); // ordinal 1
*** public static MyEnum OPENED= new MyEnum("Opened"); // ordinal 2
*** public static MyEnum CLOSED=new MyEnum("Closed"); // ordinal 3
*** /// <summary>
*** /// The main entry point for the application.
*** /// </summary>
*** [STAThread]
*** static void Main(string[] args)
*** {
******* //
******* // TODO: Add code to start application here
******* //
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.OPENED.ToString());
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.OPENED.ToOrdinal().ToStri ng());
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.INVALID.ToString());
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.INVALID.ToOrdinal().ToStr ing());
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.CLOSED.ToString());
******* Console.WriteLine(MyEnum.CLOSED.ToOrdinal().ToStri ng());
******* Console.ReadLine();
*** }
}

Regards,
Jeff

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