public static States ParseState(string state)
{
// See if the abbreviation matches one of the states:
States result = States.Unknown;
if (AbbreviationAttribute.TryFindAbbreviation <States>(state, true, ref result))
{
return(result);
}
// Try to parse the full state name:
try {
return((States)Enum.Parse(typeof(States), state, true));
} catch {
// Couldn't parse the full state name!
return(States.Unknown);
}
}
public static string GetStateAbbreviation(States state)
{
return(AbbreviationAttribute.GetAbbreviation(state));
}