ConfigurationSection multiple enum values

Question

Is there a way to set multiple enum values in a configuration section?

Like you do in .net object.Filter = Filter.Update | Filter.Create;

<wacther filter="update, created"/>

Is something like that supported?

Answer 1

Define a flag enum:

[Flags]
enum Filter
{
    None = 0,
    Update = 1,
    Create = 2
}

Assume you have a string of enum from your config file:

var enumString = "update, create";

So you can get the result:

var result = (Filter) Enum.Parse(typeof (Filter), enumString, true);