How do I make an enum or something similar with a structure?

Question

I want to have an enum and each element of the enum has its own structure?

Example:

public enum Rarity : Color
{
    Rare = new Color(255,255,255),
}

Color color = Rarity.Rare

I know that you cannot enter anything other than numbers, but how can this be done so that it works, is it possible without enum?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2119714/when-to-use-enums-and-when-to-replace-them-with-a-class-with-static-members — , Jun 30 '21 at 13:23

canton7 · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-30T11:32:28.523

3

This isn't quite the classic "enum which looks like a class case", since you just want a collection of a pre-existing type.

In your case, you probably just want a static class, where each member is an instance of Color:

public static class Rarity
{
    public static Color Rare => new Color(255, 255, 255);
    // ...
}

This is what the built-in Colors type does.

edited Jun 30 '21 at 11:32

answered Jun 30 '21 at 11:25

canton7

I know. But how then to choose? With enum I could do Rarity rarity = Rarity.Rare; How can I do the same with the class? – Forge Studio Jun 30 '21 at 11:49
I'm confused. If you want to be able to do `Rarity rarity = Rarity.Rate`, then you can just use an enum. Alternatively, do the same as I've done above, but do `public static Rarity Rare ....` – canton7 Jun 30 '21 at 12:44

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