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backend/src/Web/Extensions/EnumExtensions.cs

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+namespace Hutopy.Web.Extensions;
+
+public static class EnumExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts a string to the specified enum type.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TEnum">The type of the enum to convert to. Must be an enum.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="value">The string value to convert.</param>
+    /// <param name="ignoreCase">Specifies whether the string comparison should ignore case. Default is true.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// The corresponding enum value if the conversion is successful; otherwise, null if the string 
+    /// cannot be converted to the specified enum type.
+    /// </returns>
+    public static TEnum? ToEnum<TEnum>(this string value, bool ignoreCase = true) where TEnum : struct
+    {
+        if (Enum.TryParse(value, ignoreCase, out TEnum result))
+        {
+            return result;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converts an enum value to its string representation.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TEnum">The type of the enum.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="enumValue">The enum value to convert.</param>
+    /// <returns>The string representation of the enum value.</returns>
+    public static string FromEnum<TEnum>(this TEnum enumValue) where TEnum : struct, Enum
+    {
+        return enumValue.ToString();
+    }
+}