Here is the simpliest (I think) boost-preprocessor library based approach (from stackoverflow) for converting enum values to string:
#include <boost/preprocessor.hpp>
#define X_ENUM_STRING_TOSTRING_CASE(r, data, elem) \
case elem : return BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(elem);
#define ENUM_STRING(name, enumerators) \
enum name \
{ \
BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM(enumerators) \
}; \
\
inline const char* toString(name val) \
{ \
switch (val) \
{ \
BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH( \
X_ENUM_STRING_TOSTRING_CASE, \
name, \
enumerators \
) \
default: \
assert(false); return "[Unknown " BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(name) "]"; \
} \
}
// Usage sample:
ENUM_STRING(Button, (Ok)(Close)(Retry)(Yes)(No)(Abort)(Help)(Cancel))
void foo()
{
std::string btnHelpName = toString(Button::Help); // btnHelpName == "Help"
std::string btnCloseName = toString(Button::Close); // btnCloseName == "Close"
}
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