/// <summary>
/// Find a value from a System.Enum by trying several possible variants
/// of the string value of the enum.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type">Type of enum</param>
/// <param name="value">Value for which to search</param>
/// <param name="culture">The culture used to calculate the name variants</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static object FindEnumValue(this Type type, string value, CultureInfo culture)
{
var caseInsensitiveComparer = StringComparer.Create(culture, true);
Enum ret = Enum2.GetEnumValues(type)
//.Cast<Enum> ()
.FirstOrDefault(v => v.ToString()
.GetNameVariants(culture)
.Contains(value, caseInsensitiveComparer));
if (ret != null)
{
return(ret);
}
var enumValueAsUnderlyingType = Convert.ChangeType(value, Enum.GetUnderlyingType(type), culture);
if (enumValueAsUnderlyingType != null && Enum.IsDefined(type, enumValueAsUnderlyingType))
{
ret = (Enum)Enum.ToObject(type, enumValueAsUnderlyingType);
}
return(ret);
}
