Enum.Parse the right way!

To compare strings with enums the right way, one should use enum.parse rather than comparing string literals. Following is an example where i am parsing a string type variable named messageId and creating an enum of type MessageType

MessageType messageType = (MessageType) System.Enum.Parse(typeof(MessageType),messageId,true);

Last argument in System.Enum.Parse specifies if the enumeration/comparison should be case sensitive or not.