namespace System
{
public static class EnumExtensions
{
///
/// Tries the parse.
///
///
/// The enum.
/// The value to parse.
/// The return value.
///
public static bool TryParse(this Enum theEnum, string valueToParse, out T returnValue)
{
returnValue = default(T);
int intEnumValue;
if (Int32.TryParse(valueToParse, out intEnumValue))
{
if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof (T), intEnumValue))
{
returnValue = (T) (object) intEnumValue;
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
}