Changelog

1.8.5

(feat): Add forward-compatible enums. Set experimental-enable-forward-compatible-enums to true in the configuration to generate forward-compatible enums. With forward-compatible enums you can create and parse an enum value that is not predefined.

• Forward compatible enums are not compatible with the previously generated native enums. This is a breaking change for the users of the generated SDK, but only users using switch-case statements are affected.
• Use the Value property to get the string value of the enum. - For each value in the enum,
  • a public static property is generated, which is an instance of the enum class,
  • a public static property is generated within the nested Values class with the string value of the enum.

Here’s a before and after for creating and parsing a resource with a predefined enum value and a custom enum value: Before: csharp var resource = client.CreateResource(new Resource { Id = "2", EnumProperty = MyEnum.Value2 } ); // The line below does not compile because the enum does not have a `Value3` value. // resource = client.CreateResource(new Resource { Id = "3", EnumProperty = MyEnum.Value3 } ); resource = client.GetResource("3"); switch(resource.EnumProperty) { case MyEnum.Value1: Console.WriteLine("Value1"); break; case MyEnum.Value2: Console.WriteLine("Value2"); break; default: // this will never be reached until the SDK is updated with the new enum value Console.WriteLine("Unknown"); break; } if(resource.EnumProperty == MyEnum.Value1) { Console.WriteLine("Value1"); } else if (resource.EnumProperty == MyEnum.Value2) { Console.WriteLine("Value2"); } else { // this will never be reached until the SDK is updated with the new enum value Console.WriteLine("Unknown"); } No exception is thrown, but the output incorrectly shows Value1 because .NET falls back to the first value in the enum. After:

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    case MyEnum.Values.Value1:
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        Console.WriteLine("Value1");
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        break;
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    case MyEnum.Values.Value2:
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        Console.WriteLine("Value2");
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        break;
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    default:
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        Console.WriteLine(resource.EnumProperty.Value);
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        break;
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} if(resource.EnumProperty == MyEnum.Value1) {
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    Console.WriteLine("Value1");
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} else if (resource.EnumProperty == MyEnum.Value2) {
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    Console.WriteLine("Value2");
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} else {
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    Console.WriteLine(resource.EnumProperty.Value);
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} ```
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The output correctly shows `Value3`.