zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2/LabModel/Material.cs

/* Materials.cs
 * part of zaaReloaded2
 * 
 * Copyright 2015-2017 Daniel Kraus
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace zaaReloaded2.LabModel
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Enumerates the known materials.
    /// </summary>
    public enum Material
    {
        [Description("Serum")]
        /// Serum (default -- first declared)
        S,
        [Description("EDTA-Blut")]
        /// EDTA blood
        E,
        [Description("Blut")]
        /// Blood
        B,
        [Description("Urin")]
        /// Urine (spot)
        U,
        [Description("Sammelurin")]
        /// Collected urine
        SU,
        [Description("Mittelstrahlurin")]
        /// Collected urine
        MSU,
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Contains factory methods to create Material values.
    /// </summary>
    public static class MaterialFactory
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a <see cref="Material"/> value from an abbreviation of a material.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="abbreviation">Abbreviation of a material.</param>
        /// <returns>Materials value.</returns>
        public static Material FromAbbreviation(string abbreviation)
        {
            return (Material)Enum.Parse(typeof(Material), abbreviation, true);
        }
    }
}