C#: What’s with Enums anyways?

Well, I’ll tell you.  You can define your own strings with Enums using reflection.  You can also use the type-safe-enum pattern if reflection seems slow to you.  And do you know you can use Enums to represent bit flags?

Associating Enums with strings in C# shows you how to define your own strings with Enums using reflection.  For type-safe-enum pattern implementation, check it out here.  The ins and outs of C# enums shows you how to use Enums to represent bit flags.