Is there a way to make ToEnum generic

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Published on 2010-03-25T20:13:29Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 20:23 UTC
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bool TryGetEnum<TEnum, TValue>(TValue value, out TEnum myEnum)
{
    if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(TEnum), value))
    {
        myEnum = (TEnum)value;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

MyEnum mye;
bool success = this.TryGetEnum<MyEnum,char>('c',out mye);

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