Comments on: Extending yourself… http://neofight.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/extending-yourself/ The constant battle of learning that you have more to learn Fri, 08 May 2009 18:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Miles Thompson http://neofight.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/extending-yourself/#comment-18 Miles Thompson Mon, 19 May 2008 21:03:47 +0000 http://neofight.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-18 Extension methods are indeed neat. And this is a clear example, but in this case I think overkill. With .Net 3.5 compilation enabled, and this extension method defined, one can get the string valued 'name' of an enum, thus.. role.GetName(); On the other hand back in 2.0 world we managed to get by with.. role.ToString(); Which I think you'll find produces the exact same output. Extension methods are indeed neat. And this is a clear example, but in this case I think overkill.

With .Net 3.5 compilation enabled, and this extension method defined, one can get the string valued ‘name’ of an enum, thus..

role.GetName();

On the other hand back in 2.0 world we managed to get by with..

role.ToString();

Which I think you’ll find produces the exact same output.

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