Enum values and names

I've written a method called FromValue that does a case on all the appropriate values (just like the FromString() methods I've seen) but was wondering why the functionality of this method isn't present in the classes I've seen.

Speaking for the Consultingwerk implementation (http://blog.consultingwerk.de/consultingwerkblog/2010/08/a-pattern-for-enums/) here.

No all Enums need to be able to get persisted in a DB - so it's not a core requirement. ToString() for value to string is simple and typically used for logging/debugging purposes.

When we need string to value conversion we implement that on a case by case basis, typically using a CASE statement.

For a dynamic//generic ToValue() implementation I'm waiting for a future OpenEdge Release to allow me dynamic access to properties. That's simple not possible in 10.2B.

jmls wrote:
I've been reading up on the enum patterns from various people (autoedge, consultingwerk, etc) and have a question.
There are plenty of examples of how to get an enum object from a name "ordered", "shipped" etc (giving me 0, 1 etc)
However, when persisting the data, I presume that we store the value of the enum  in the database (0, 1) . Now, how does one go about converting the value back into an Enum object?
I've written a method called FromValue that does a case on all the appropriate values (just like the FromString() methods I've seen) but was wondering why the functionality of this method isn't present in the classes I've seen.
I'm obviously missing something important 

And speaking from the AutoEdge side - javascript:; - we do pretty much the same thing as Mike. Not all enums need conversions/serialisation, and so we also have methods to converts to and from string and/or integer values to an Enum object (we call 'em EnumFromString() and EnumFromValue() ).

However Mike's use of the word "serialise" triggers a refactoring thought: we already have support for serialising enum's in our serialisation protocol, so why do we need a separate method. Thinks ...

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