大多数人使用符号(即:foo_bar语法)。它们是一种独特的不透明值。符号不属于任何枚举类型，所以它们不是C的枚举类型的忠实表示，但这几乎是最好的。

irb(main):016:0> num=[1,2,3,4]
irb(main):017:0> alph=['a','b','c','d']
irb(main):018:0> l_enum=alph.to_enum
irb(main):019:0> s_enum=num.to_enum
irb(main):020:0> loop do
irb(main):021:1* puts "#{s_enum.next} - #{l_enum.next}"
irb(main):022:1> end

输出:

1 - a 2 - b 3 - c 4 - d

这完全取决于你如何使用Java或c#枚举。如何使用它将决定您在Ruby中选择的解决方案。

尝试本机Set类型，例如:

>> enum = Set['a', 'b', 'c']
=> #<Set: {"a", "b", "c"}>
>> enum.member? "b"
=> true
>> enum.member? "d"
=> false
>> enum.add? "b"
=> nil
>> enum.add? "d"
=> #<Set: {"a", "b", "c", "d"}>

这似乎有点多余，但这是我使用过几次的方法，特别是在集成xml或类似的方法时。

#model
class Profession
  def self.pro_enum
    {:BAKER => 0, 
     :MANAGER => 1, 
     :FIREMAN => 2, 
     :DEV => 3, 
     :VAL => ["BAKER", "MANAGER", "FIREMAN", "DEV"]
    }
  end
end

Profession.pro_enum[:DEV]      #=>3
Profession.pro_enum[:VAL][1]   #=>MANAGER

这给了我c#枚举的严谨性，并且它与模型绑定。

另一种解决方案是使用OpenStruct。它非常简单明了。

https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.3.1/libdoc/ostruct/rdoc/OpenStruct.html

例子:

# bar.rb
require 'ostruct' # not needed when using Rails

# by patching Array you have a simple way of creating a ENUM-style
class Array
   def to_enum(base=0)
      OpenStruct.new(map.with_index(base).to_h)
   end
end

class Bar

    MY_ENUM = OpenStruct.new(ONE: 1, TWO: 2, THREE: 3)
    MY_ENUM2 = %w[ONE TWO THREE].to_enum

    def use_enum (value)
        case value
        when MY_ENUM.ONE
            puts "Hello, this is ENUM 1"
        when MY_ENUM.TWO
            puts "Hello, this is ENUM 2"
        when MY_ENUM.THREE
            puts "Hello, this is ENUM 3"
        else
            puts "#{value} not found in ENUM"
        end
    end

end

# usage
foo = Bar.new    
foo.use_enum 1
foo.use_enum 2
foo.use_enum 9


# put this code in a file 'bar.rb', start IRB and type: load 'bar.rb'

如果你使用的是Rails 4.2或更高版本，你可以使用Rails枚举。

Rails现在默认有枚举，不需要包含任何宝石。

这与Java、c++的枚举非常相似(并且具有更多的特性)。

引用自http://edgeapi.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Enum.html:

class Conversation < ActiveRecord::Base
  enum status: [ :active, :archived ]
end

# conversation.update! status: 0
conversation.active!
conversation.active? # => true
conversation.status  # => "active"

# conversation.update! status: 1
conversation.archived!
conversation.archived? # => true
conversation.status    # => "archived"

# conversation.update! status: 1
conversation.status = "archived"

# conversation.update! status: nil
conversation.status = nil
conversation.status.nil? # => true
conversation.status      # => nil