c# - How can I add a .Equals() extension to an enumeration? -

i have following code:

public enum fieldtype {     int,     year,     string,     datetime } public enum datatype {     int,     string,     datetime } 

i have extension method each can this:

fieldtype ftype = fieldtype.year; datatype dtype = datatype.int;  ftype.equals(dtype); //if ftype int/year, , dtype int should return true dtype.equals(ftype); //if dtype int, , ftype int/year should true 

is there way create .equals extension, work out?

as jon said, reusing framework's method name not idea.

but :

public static class extensions {     public static bool isequivalentto(this fieldtype field, datatype data)     {         return data.tostring() == field.tostring();     }      public static bool isequivalentto(this datatype data, fieldtype field)     {         return data.tostring() == field.tostring();     } } 

or better :

public static class extensions {     public static bool isequivalentto(this enum e1, enum e2)     {         return e1.tostring() == e2.tostring();     } }