how do I create a struct similar to system.drawing.color

Question

I want a struct in my code that is similar in functionality to System.Drawing.Color.

basically, I want a "user friendly" way to access properties (or really for someone to understand my code)

instead of :

something = 0;

switch (something) {

case 0: ....

case 1: ....

}

I want:

something = something.FriendlyValueName;

switch (something) {

case something.FriendlyValueName: ...

case something.DifferentFriendlyValueName: ...

}

for example, with Color...

System.Drawing.Color ABC = new System.Drawing.Color.White;

switch (ABC) {

case System.Drawing.Color.Black: ...

case System.Drawing.Color.White: ...

}

does that make any sense?

theLizard · Answer

Mike I don't know if this is what you are after but here is some code which hopefully does what you want. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace WindowsFormsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void Form1_Load(object sender EventArgs e) { something some; some.someValue = (int)something.valueName.tree; switch (some.someValue ) { case (int)something.valueName.flower: { MessageBox.Show(Flower); } break; case (int)something.valueName.ball: { MessageBox.Show(Ball); } break; case (int)something.valueName.tree: { MessageBox.Show(Tree); } break; } } private void button1_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { something some = new something(); some.someValue = some.Flower; switch (some.someValue) { case (int)something.valueName.flower: { MessageBox.Show(Flower); } break; case (int)something.valueName.ball: { MessageBox.Show(Ball); } break; case (int)something.valueName.tree: { MessageBox.Show(Tree); } break; } } } struct something { public enum valueName { flower ball tree black}; public int someValue; public int Tree { get { return ((int)something.valueName.tree); } } public int Flower { get { return ((int)something.valueName.flower); } } } }