Get an enum value by String

[komape]

Get an enum value by String

Would be nice, if the an enum would have by default a method like getValue(String key) that returns the corresponding enum value to that key.

Current situation

Currently it's necessary to iterate through the values and match them manually.

enum MyEnum {
  a, b, c, d
}

String key = 'c';
for(final MyEnum myEnum in MyEnum.values) {
  if(myEnum.toString() == key) return myEnum);
}
// optional fallback value
return MyEnum.a;

Better solution

enum MyEnum {
  a, b, c, d
}

String key = 'c';
MyEnum myEnum = MyEnum.getValue(key, fallback: MyEnum.a);

[passsy]

Currently not possible. Dart doesn't allow to define static extensions or factory constructors as extensions dart-lang/language#723