Since Enum
Type implements IConvertible
interface, a better implementation should be something like this:
public T GetEnumFromString<T>(string value) where T : struct, IConvertible
{
if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
{
throw new ArgumentException("T must be an enumerated type");
}
//...
}
This will still permit passing of value types implementing IConvertible
. The chances are rare though.