Why can not reference a type through an expression?

Question

The following code seems to be impossible to compile no matter how hard I am trying to cast it :P can somone please tell me what I am doing wrong?

public class LUOverVoltage
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public enum OVType { OVLH, OVLL }

    public List<string> PinGroups = new List<string>();

    public void Add(string name, OVType type, string Grp)
    {
        this.Name = name;
        this.OVType = type; //Why cannot reference a type through an expression?

        PinGroups.Add(Grp);
    }
}

Answer 1

You're confusing a field that has an enum type with the enum type itself. Your code is about as useful as saying string="bla".

public enum OVType { OVLH, OVLL }
public class LUOverVoltage
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public OVType OVType { get; set; }

This declares a type called OVType and a property with the same name. Now your code should work.

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As a side note, both your type names, and the property names violate .net naming guidelines.

I'd name the enum type OverVoltKind and the property just Kind.

Answer 2

You're not setting a property, you're trying to set the enum.

Add a public OVType ovType and use this.ovType = type.

public class LUOverVoltage
{
    public enum OVType { OVLH, OVLL }

    public string Name { get; set; }
    public OVType ovType;
    public List<string> PinGroups = new List<string>();

    public void Add(string name, OVType type, string Grp)
    {
        this.Name = name;
        this.ovType = type;

        PinGroups.Add(Grp);
    }
}

Answer 3

You have defined an Enum inside your class. What you have not done is declare a variable to hold an instance of that enum.

public enum OVType { OVLH, OVLL }

public class LUOverVoltage
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public OVType OVType { get; set; }

    public List<string> PinGroups = new List<string>();

    public void Add(string name, OVType type, string Grp)
    {
        this.Name = name;
        this.OVType = type; // setting the property, not the enum definition

        PinGroups.Add(Grp);
    }
}

Answer 4

OVType - is not a field, its a type

Try this

public class LUOverVoltage
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public OVType Type {get; set;}

    public enum OVType { OVLH, OVLL }

    public List<string> PinGroups = new List<string>();

    public void Add(string name, OVType type, string Grp)
    {
        this.Name = name;
        this.Type = type;

        PinGroups.Add(Grp);
    }
}