Efficient Enum Access...

Hi,

I would like to know your opinions about
how to do best with following problem:

We can not save enums except as an integer
value and so it's possible that a value might
not be suitable when converting back to
the enum type.

How can I check wether a given value is
contained by a given enum?

- when possible I would like to keep the original enum!
- I would like keeping the capability of reading
   the enum values while debugging!
- of course, a generic approach is favorable.

best regards
Thomas

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