Override Tostring() of enum to accommodate runtime string changes

Asked Feb 13 '13 at 13:48

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I have an enum like this

enum Animal:byte
{
Cat=0,
Dog=1,
Horse=2
}

I want to override the ToString() of it to to write a custom string because my application is a multi-language one(Cat.ToString() should retrieve the translated word of cat). so the Description keyowrd can't be used here.can anyone give me a hint to find a neat way to solve this?

edited Oct 17 '15 at 23:59

Sam Hosseini

asked Feb 13 '13 at 13:48

Sara S.

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This is answered very well here: [Enum ToString](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/479410/enum-tostring) – John Willemse Feb 13 '13 at 13:53
Thanks@JohnWillemse but as far as i know the Description tag should have a fixed string ,can i set a custom string to it? – Sara S. Feb 13 '13 at 13:56
something like enumName=GetTranslation(enumName.ToString()); – Sara S. Feb 13 '13 at 13:57
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I think the method using an extension method is more suitable for your problem. – John Willemse Feb 13 '13 at 13:58
Thanks @JohnWillemse the Extension method worked well :) – Sara S. Feb 17 '13 at 07:21

Override Tostring() of enum to accommodate runtime string changes

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