Overriding Enum members

Overriding Enum members

• Alex Norko

  I know that this sounds like wierd.... But this is what I am trying to accompolish...
  
  Take an e.g.
  Enum Numbers
  One=1
  Two=2
  Three=3
  End Enum
  
  What I was trying to do is to override the ToString or the GetName method to return a string other than the enumeration name.
  Like
  Dim a as Numbers=Numbers.One
  
  Now, I was trying to get something like "Oneself" from the overloaded version of GetName or ToString.
  
  I know there could be other methods of achieving the same effect (Collections, or arrays or even classes with Public constants), but I was hell bent on doing it with enums unless I realized that it couldn't be....
  
  
  

• Misiacik7

  You can return the String name of the enumerated value with the code I gave above
  
  

• AMSS

  What are you trying to accomplish...have you looked into the ENUM class:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemenumclasstopic.asp

  it will allow you to work with enumerations like so:

  [Enum].GetName(MyEnumeration, TheValue)

  
  
  

• ferlinco

  There is a specific reason why I want to do it with enums...
  Enums make the process of defining a number of values form which a vraiable can assume one, a lot easier. In addition, the symbolic constants also increase clarity.
  
  Now, my problem is that I want symbolic constants with spaces in between them, like...
  Enum Sample
  Sample Text1=1
  Sample Text2=2
  Sample Text3=3
  End Enum
  
  So, now can someone suggest me a way to do it with enums. (Now, it should be pretty clear why I wanted to override ToString, to return strings with spaces)...
  
  

• Matt24

  you cannot...

  To override a method you should have to inherit from a valuetype but this is prohibited

  
  

• one_pom

  Nothing extraordinary, just trying out some fancy things..... (I was trying to find a way to assign strings to enum members rather than int)...
  
  

• MosheDeutsch

  The quick answer is that you cannot override those members directly (in VB or IL). But there may be a different solution for what you're trying to achieve. Can you provide some examples of the behavior that you'd like to see
  
  
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