IRouteConstraint for enum

Question

I want to create an IRouteConstraint that filters a value against possible values of an enum. I tried to google it for myself, but that didn't result in anything.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

This is what I came up with:

public class EnumRouteConstraint<T> : IRouteConstraint
  where T : struct
{

  private readonly HashSet<string> enumNames;

  public EnumRouteConstraint()
  {
    string[] names = Enum.GetNames(typeof(T));
    enumNames = new HashSet<string>(from name in names select name.ToLowerInvariant());
  }

  public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, Route route, string parameterName, RouteValueDictionary values, RouteDirection routeDirection)
  {
    return enumNames.Contains(values[parameterName].ToString().ToLowerInvariant());
  }
}

I think a HashSet will perform much better than Enum.GetNames on each Match. Also the use generics makes it look a bit more fluent when you use the constraint.

Unfortunately, where T : Enum is not allowed by the compiler.

Answer 2

See this

Essentially, you need

  private Type enumType;

  public EnumConstraint(Type enumType)
  {
    this.enumType = enumType;
  }

  public bool Match(HttpContextBase httpContext, 
    Route route, 
    string parameterName,     
    RouteValueDictionary values, 
    RouteDirection routeDirection)
  {
    // You can also try Enum.IsDefined, but docs say nothing as to
    // is it case sensitive or not.
    return Enum.GetNames(enumType).Any(s => s.ToLowerInvariant() == values[parameterName].ToString());
  }