Type safe enum that uses normal enum values for the underlying storage. Enhancment of Ardalis.SmartEnum.SmartEnum.

TypeSafeEnum.cs

using Ardalis.SmartEnum;

/// <summary>
/// Type safe enum that uses normal enum values for the underlying storage.
/// Enhancment of Ardalis.SmartEnum.SmartEnum
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TEnum">The type that is inheriting from this class.</typeparam>
/// <typeparam name="TDiscriminator">Enum used as discriminator</typeparam>
public abstract class TypeSafeEnum<TEnum, TDiscriminator> : SmartEnum<TEnum>
    where TEnum : SmartEnum<TEnum, int>
    where TDiscriminator : struct, Enum
{
    protected TypeSafeEnum(TDiscriminator discriminator) : base(discriminator.ToString(), (int)(object)discriminator)
    {
        Discriminator = discriminator;
    }
    
    public TDiscriminator Discriminator { get; }
    
    public static TEnum FromDiscriminator(TDiscriminator type) => 
        FromName(type.ToString());
}