Dynamically create an enum [duplicate]

Question

I have an enum of the following structure:

public enum DType {            LMS =  0,     DNP = -9,     TSP = -2,     ONM =  5,     DLS =  9,     NDS =  1 } 

I'm using this enum to get the names and the values. Since there is a requirement to add more types, I need to read the type and the values from an XML file. Is there any way by which I can create this enum dynamically from XML file so that I can retain the program structure.

Answer 1

Probably, you should consider using a Dictionary<string, int> instead.

If you want to generate the enum at compile-time dynamically, you might want to consider T4.