Merge pull request #1235 from TransactionProcessing/task/#1234_getvalueordefault_handle_enums

StuartFerguson · web-flow · commit 60aed32a4532 · 2026-02-26T15:04:51.000Z
Handle enum types in ConfigurationReader value parsing
diff --git a/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs b/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public static T GetValueOrDefault<T>(String sectionName, String keyName, T defau
                 return defaultValue;
             }
 
+            if (typeof(T).IsEnum) {
+                return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, ignoreCase: true);
+            }
+
             return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
         }
         catch (KeyNotFoundException)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public static T GetValueOrDefault<T>(String sectionName, String keyName, T defau`
`86`	`86`	`return defaultValue;`
`87`	`87`	`}`
`88`	`88`
	`89`	`+ if (typeof(T).IsEnum) {`
	`90`	`+ return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, ignoreCase: true);`
	`91`	`+ }`
	`92`	`+`
`89`	`93`	`return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));`
`90`	`94`	`}`
`91`	`95`	`catch (KeyNotFoundException)`