Business enum to DatContract Enum conversion in WCF - wcf

Question

I have an enum
namespace Business
{
public enum Color
{
Red,Green,Blue
}
}
namespace DataContract
{
[DataContract]
public enum Color
{
[EnumMember]
Red,
[EnumMember]
Green,
[EnumMember]
Blue
}
}
I have the same enum as a datacontract in WCF with same values.
I need to convert the Business enum to the DataContract enum using a translator.
Hoe can I achieve this?

Answer 1

If you know both types at the time you need to do the conversion you can do something like:
Business.Color bc = Business.Color.Red;
DataContract.Color dcc = (DataContract.Color)Enum.Parse(typeof(DataContract.Color), bc.ToString())

Answer 2

Below, a more elegant style as the framework code.
public static class Enum<T> where T : struct
{
public static T Parse(string value)
{
return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);
}
public static T Convert<U>(U value) where U : struct
{
if (!value.GetType().IsInstanceOfType(typeof(Enum)))
throw new ArgsValidationException("value");
var name = Enum.GetName(typeof (U), value);
return Parse(name);
}
}
//enum declaration
...
public void Main()
{
//Usage example
var p = Enum<DataContract.Priority>.Convert(myEntity.Priority);
}
And voilà!

Answer 3

You could use something like below:
public static class ColorTranslator
{
public static Business.Color TranslateColor(DataContract.Color from)
{
Business.Color to = new Business.Color();
to.Red = from.Red;
to.Green = from.Green;
to.Blue = from.Blue;
return to;
}
public static DataContract.Color TranslateColor(Business.Color from)
{
DataContract.Color to = new DataContract.Color();
to.Red = from.Red;
to.Green = from.Green;
to.Blue = from.Blue;
return to;
}
}