Implementing properties with help of enum operator

Question

I'm a beginner in C#. I have a class named config with one string field named kye.

When I apply the GET property of the class, the property has to return one variable kye in different types (Int or bool or String).

I need to implement this with help of enum operator. Any idea how can I do this?

Seems to be an [X-Y problem](http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=542341) — L.B, Jul 15 '12 at 08:13
Related: [making a generic property](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/271347/making-a-generic-property/271356#2713560) — Mahmoud Gamal, Jul 15 '12 at 08:18
@Michael Please may I ask why do you want to keep a property in config that can be of 3 different types — HatSoft, Jul 15 '12 at 08:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '12 at 08:17

There is no such thing built into the language as far as I know so you'll have to do it manually. One straightforward way will be:

public object GetKye(KyeType type)
{
    switch (type)
    {
        case KyeType.String:
            return this.kye;
        case KyeType.Int32:
            return Int32.Parse(this.kye);
        case KyeType.Bool:
            return this.kye.ToLower().Equals("true");
    }
    return null;
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 15 '12 at 08:22

This removes the need to do a cast in code but is not safe. It needs plenty of error handling around it.

public T Kye<T>(KyeEnum Key)
{
    return (T)kye;
}

Or is this what you're after:

public Tuple<int, bool, string> Kye(KyeEnum Key)
{
    return new Tuple<int, bool, string>(nKye, bKye, sKye);
}

Implementing properties with help of enum operator

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