/// <summary>
/// Sets the flag on the mask to 0
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mask"></param>
/// <param name="flag"></param>
/// <returns>Returns the modified mask</returns>
public static int Unset(int mask, EProcessing flag)
{
//perform a bitwise logical AND operation with the inverse of the flag
//to UNSET the flag on a mask
//Example:
//turn off flag 100000 on mask 100101 to get mask* = 000101
// mask: 100101
// ~flag: 011111
// mask & ~flag: 000101 = mask*
mask &= Convert(~flag);
return(mask);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the flag on the mask to 1
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mask"></param>
/// <param name="flag"></param>
/// <returns>Returns the modified mask</returns>
public static int Set(int mask, EProcessing flag)
{
// perform a bitwise logical OR operation with the flag
// to SET the flag on a mask
//Example:
//set flag 100000 on mask 000101 to get mask* = 100101
// mask: 000101
// flag: 100000
// mask | flag: 100101 = mask*
mask |= Convert(flag);
return(mask);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the flag on the mask to 0
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mask"></param>
/// <param name="flag"></param>
/// <returns>Returns the modified mask</returns>
public static EProcessing Unset(EProcessing mask, EProcessing flag)
{
mask &= ~flag;
return(mask);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the flag on the mask to 1
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mask"></param>
/// <param name="flag"></param>
/// <returns>Returns the modified mask</returns>
public static EProcessing Set(EProcessing mask, EProcessing flag)
{
mask |= flag;
return(mask);
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts an EProcessing mask to its integer representation
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mask"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static int Convert(EProcessing mask)
{
return((int)mask);
}
