From 85fd183e6b825ebda0c4b8f64c9df3bf6979b46c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart Ferguson <stuart_ferguson1@btinternet.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:41:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle enum types in ConfigurationReader value parsing

Updated ConfigurationReader to support parsing enum values from configuration strings using Enum.Parse with case-insensitive matching. This ensures correct conversion for enum types, which are not handled by Convert.ChangeType.
---
 Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs b/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs
index 3042c18..ae2b78c 100644
--- a/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs
+++ b/Shared/General/ConfigurationReader.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public static T GetValueOrDefault<T>(String sectionName, String keyName, T defau
                 return defaultValue;
             }
 
+            if (typeof(T).IsEnum) {
+                return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, ignoreCase: true);
+            }
+
             return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
         }
         catch (KeyNotFoundException)