C#: Access Enum from another class

Question

I know I can put my enum at the Namespace area of a class so everyone can access it being in the same namespace.

// defined in class2
public enum Mode { Selected, New, }  

What I want is to access this enum from

public class1
{
   var class2 = new class2();
   // Set the Mode
   class2.Mode = Model.Selected
}

Is this somehow possible without using namespace area?

Answer 1

You can declare an enum outside of a class:

namespace MyNamespace
{
    public enum MyEnum
    {
        Entry1,
        Entry2,
    }
}

And then you can add using MyNamespace; where it needs to be used.

Answer 2

Aaron's answer is very nice but I believe there is a much better way to do this:

public static class class1
{
    public void Run()
    {
        class2.Mode mode = class2.Mode.Selected;

        if (mode == class2.Mode.Selected)
        {
            // Do something crazy here...
        }
    }
}

public static class class2
{
    public enum Mode
    { 
        Selected, 
        New
    } 
}

No point over complicating this. It is a simple task.

All the Best

Chris.