using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var parameter = "Name,Address";

        var sync = ProfileSyncTypes.None;       

        try

        {

            sync = parameter.ToEnum<ProfileSyncTypes>();

        }

        catch

        {

            // invalid configuration

        }

        Console.WriteLine("Sync {0}", sync);

    }   

}

​

[Flags]

public enum ProfileSyncTypes

{

   None = 0,

   Name = 1,

   Address = 2,

   Phone = 4,

   Email = 8

}

​

​

public static class EnumParser

{

    public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value)

    {

        return value.ToEnum<T>(true);

    }

    public static T ToEnum<T>(this string value, bool ignoreCase)

    {

        return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value, ignoreCase);

    }

}

​