<Extension()>
    Public Function ToEnum(Of TEnum)(ByVal value As String, ByVal defaultValue As TEnum) As TEnum
        If String.IsNullOrEmpty(value) Then
            Return defaultValue
        End If

        Return [Enum].Parse(GetType(TEnum), value, True)
    End Function

在。net 4.5中不使用try/catch和TryParse()方法将字符串解析为TEnum

/// <summary>
/// Parses string to TEnum without try/catch and .NET 4.5 TryParse()
/// </summary>
public static bool TryParseToEnum<TEnum>(string probablyEnumAsString_, out TEnum enumValue_) where TEnum : struct
{
    enumValue_ = (TEnum)Enum.GetValues(typeof(TEnum)).GetValue(0);
    if(!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(TEnum), probablyEnumAsString_))
        return false;

    enumValue_ = (TEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(TEnum), probablyEnumAsString_);
    return true;
}

// str.ToEnum<EnumType>()
T static ToEnum<T>(this string str) 
{ 
    return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), str);
}

对于性能，这可能会有所帮助:

    private static Dictionary<Type, Dictionary<string, object>> dicEnum = new Dictionary<Type, Dictionary<string, object>>();
    public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value, T defaultValue)
    {
        var t = typeof(T);
        Dictionary<string, object> dic;
        if (!dicEnum.ContainsKey(t))
        {
            dic = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            dicEnum.Add(t, dic);
            foreach (var en in Enum.GetValues(t))
                dic.Add(en.ToString(), en);
        }
        else
            dic = dicEnum[t];
        if (!dic.ContainsKey(value))
            return defaultValue;
        else
            return (T)dic[value];
    }

使用TryParse的超级简单代码:

var value = "Active";

StatusEnum status;
if (!Enum.TryParse<StatusEnum>(value, out status))
    status = StatusEnum.Unknown;

使用枚举。TryParse<T>(String, T)(≥.NET 4.0):

StatusEnum myStatus;
Enum.TryParse("Active", out myStatus);

使用c# 7.0的参数类型内联可以进一步简化:

Enum.TryParse("Active", out StatusEnum myStatus);