Cenum 1.0.0

Cenum

An implementation of a type safe & object oriented alternative to C# enum.

Background

Instead of being limited to a fixed set of integral values, imagine if enums were a fixed set of objects. They could have fields, properties and methods - just as other types do. The only difference would be that there would only ever be one instance for each value.

Usage

The source generator will scan the source code for classes marked with [Enumeration] attribute and then generate Enumerate() method for them.

The method will enumerate all public static readonly fields with the same type as the class itself.

Example

[Enumeration]
public partial class Number
{
    public static readonly Number One = new(1);
    public static readonly Number Two = new(2);
    public static readonly Number Three = new(3);
    
    private readonly int _value;
    
    private Number(int value) => _value = value;
    
    public override string ToString() => _value.ToString();
}


foreach (var number in Number.Enumerate())
{
    Console.WriteLine(number.ToString());
}

// Output:
// 1
// 2
// 3