I got an `Int16` value, from the database, and need to convert this to an enum type. This is unfortunately done in a layer of the code that knows very little about the objects except for what it can gather through reflection.

As such, it ends up calling `Convert.ChangeType` which fails with an invalid cast exception.

I found what I consider a smelly workaround, like this:

    String name = Enum.GetName(destinationType, value);
    Object enumValue = Enum.Parse(destinationType, name, false);

Is there a better way, so that I don&#39;t have to move through this String operation?

Here&#39;s a short, but complete, program that can be used if anyone need to experiment:

    using System;
    
    public class MyClass
    {
        public enum DummyEnum
        {
            Value0,
            Value1
        }
        
        public static void Main()
        {
            Int16 value = 1;
            Type destinationType = typeof(DummyEnum);
            
            String name = Enum.GetName(destinationType, value);
            Object enumValue = Enum.Parse(destinationType, name, false);
            
            Console.WriteLine(&quot;&quot; + value + &quot; = &quot; + enumValue);
        }
    }

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Convert.ChangeType and converting to enums?