public class DataType
{
    private readonly string value;
    private static readonly Dictionary<string, DataType> predefinedValues;

    public static readonly DataType Json = new DataType("json");
    public static readonly DataType Xml = new DataType("xml");
    public static readonly DataType Text = new DataType("text");
    public static readonly DataType Html = new DataType("html");
    public static readonly DataType Binary = new DataType("binary");

    static DataType()
    {
        predefinedValues = new Dictionary<string, DataType>();
        predefinedValues.Add(Json.Value, Json);
        predefinedValues.Add(Xml.Value, Xml);
        predefinedValues.Add(Text.Value, Text);
        predefinedValues.Add(Html.Value, Html);
        predefinedValues.Add(Binary.Value, Binary);
    }

    private DataType(string value)
    {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public static DataType Parse(string value)
    {
        var exception = new FormatException($"Invalid value for type {nameof(DataType)}");
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
            throw exception;

        string key = value.ToLower();
        if (!predefinedValues.ContainsKey(key))
            throw exception;

        return predefinedValues[key];
    }

    public string Value
    {
        get { return value; }
    }
}

你也可以使用扩展模型:

public enum MyEnum
{
    [Description("String 1")]
    V1= 1,
    [Description("String 2")]
    V2= 2
} 

你的扩展类

public static class MyEnumExtensions
{
    public static string ToDescriptionString(this MyEnum val)
    {
        DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])val
           .GetType()
           .GetField(val.ToString())
           .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
        return attributes.Length > 0 ? attributes[0].Description : string.Empty;
    }
} 

用法:

MyEnum myLocal = MyEnum.V1;
print(myLocal.ToDescriptionString());

这是一种将它用作强类型参数或字符串的方法:

public class ClassLikeEnum
{
    public string Value
    {
        get;
        private set;
    }

    ClassLikeEnum(string value) 
    {
        Value = value;
    }

    public static implicit operator string(ClassLikeEnum c)
    {
        return c.Value;
    }

    public static readonly ClassLikeEnum C1 = new ClassLikeEnum("RandomString1");
    public static readonly ClassLikeEnum C2 = new ClassLikeEnum("RandomString2");
}

摘自@EvenMien，并添加了一些评论。(也适用于我自己的用例)

public struct AgentAction
{
    private AgentAction(string value) { Value = value; }

    public string Value { get; private set; }

    public override string ToString() { return this.Value; }
    
    public static AgentAction Login = new AgentAction("Login");
    public static AgentAction Logout = new AgentAction("Logout");

    public static implicit operator string(AgentAction action) { return action.ToString(); }
}

如果我理解正确，你需要一个从字符串到enum的转换:

enum GroupTypes {
    Unknown = 0,
    OEM = 1,
    CMB = 2
}
static GroupTypes StrToEnum(string str){
    GroupTypes g = GroupTypes.Unknown;
    try {
        object o = Enum.Parse(typeof(GroupTypes), str, true);
        g = (GroupTypes)(o ?? 0);
    } catch {
    }
    return g;
}
// then use it like this
GroupTypes g1 = StrToEnum("OEM");
GroupTypes g2 = StrToEnum("bad value");

如果您愿意，可以使用枚举类型的泛型使其更加花哨。

下面是我对这个问题的看法，使用c# 9.0语法来保持整洁。我为枚举定义了一个基类:

public class StringEnum
{
    protected StringEnum(string value) { Value = value; }
    public string Value { get; }
    public override string ToString() => Value;
}

创建新的枚举样式类型是简单而紧凑的:

public class GroupTypes : StringEnum
{ 
    private GroupTypes(string value) : base(value) {}

    public static readonly GroupTypes TheGroup = new("OEM");
    public static readonly GroupTypes TheOtherGroup = new("CMB");
}

像这样使用它:

void Example(GroupTypes groupType)
{
    Console.WriteLine(groupType); // Will print "OEM" or "CMB"
    if (groupType == GroupTypes.TheGroup) { ... }
}

你也可以给StringEnum添加更多的功能，这样你的所有子类都可以使用(例如，实现IComparable和重写Equals和GetHashCode)