Some useful extension methods for dealing with enum flags (bitwise operations). Found at (Ofir's Blog)[http://ofirzeitoun.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/i-like-enum-enums-extension-methods/]

AttributeExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
namespace Ofir.Tools.Reflection
{
    public static class AttributeExtensions
	{

		public static IEnumerable<T> GetCustomAttributes<T>(this MemberInfo memberInfo, bool inherit = false) where T : Attribute
		{
			return Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(memberInfo, typeof(T), inherit).Cast<T>();
		}

		public static IEnumerable<T> GetAttributes<T>(this object @this, bool inherit = false) where T : Attribute
		{
			return @this.GetType().GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), inherit).Cast<T>();
		}

		public static bool HasAttribute<T>(this object @this, bool inherit = false) where T : Attribute
		{
			return GetAttributes<T>(@this, inherit).Any();
		}

	}
}

EnumFlagExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Ofir.Tools.Reflection;

namespace Ofir.Tools
{
	public static class EnumExtensions
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// holds specific comparers for each enum type, to make comparison faster
		/// </summary>
		private readonly static Dictionary<TypeCode, Func<Enum, Enum, bool>> Comparers =
		   new Dictionary<TypeCode, Func<Enum, Enum, bool>>()
		   {
			  {TypeCode.Byte,   (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToByte(e1)   & Convert.ToByte(e2))   != 0},
			  {TypeCode.SByte,  (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToSByte(e1)  & Convert.ToSByte(e2))  != 0},
			  {TypeCode.Int16,  (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToInt16(e1)  & Convert.ToInt16(e2))  != 0},
			  {TypeCode.Int32,  (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToInt32(e1)  & Convert.ToInt32(e2))  != 0},
			  {TypeCode.Int64,  (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToInt64(e1)  & Convert.ToInt64(e2))  != 0},
			  {TypeCode.UInt16, (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToUInt16(e1) & Convert.ToUInt16(e2)) != 0},
			  {TypeCode.UInt32, (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToUInt32(e1) & Convert.ToUInt32(e2)) != 0},
			  {TypeCode.UInt64, (e1, e2) => (Convert.ToUInt64(e1) & Convert.ToUInt64(e2)) != 0},
		};

		/// <summary>
		/// check if <see cref="@this"/> contains any of enums in flags
		/// <remarks>instead of using:<code>(enum1 & enum2) != 0</code></remarks>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <param name="flags">list of flags to look for</param>
		/// <returns>true if at least one of the flags contained in @this; otherwise, false</returns>
		public static bool Any(this Enum @this, params Enum[] flags)
		{
		   return flags.Any(@enum => Contains(@this, @enum));
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// check if <see cref="@this"/> contains all of enums in flags
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <param name="flags">list of flags to look for</param>
		/// <returns>true if all of the flags contained in @this; otherwise, false</returns>
		public static bool All(this Enum @this, params Enum[] flags)
		{
		   return flags.All(@enum => Contains(@this, @enum));
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// check if <see cref="@this"/> contains the <see cref="flag"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <param name="flag">flag to look for</param>
		/// <returns>true if @this contains flag</returns>
		private static bool Contains(Enum @this, Enum flag)
		{
			return Comparers[@this.GetTypeCode()](@this, flag);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Check if the Enum declaration of <see cref="@this"/> has <see cref="FlagsAttribute"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <returns>true if the Enum declaration has <see cref="FlagsAttribute"/>; otherwise, false</returns>
		public static bool IsFlagged(this Enum @this)
		{
			return @this.HasAttribute<FlagsAttribute>();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Get the base-type of <see cref="@this"/> as in Enum declaration
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <returns>the underlying type of th enum</returns>
		public static Type BaseType(this Enum @this)
		{
			Type res = null;
			switch (@this.GetTypeCode())
			{
				case TypeCode.SByte:
					res = typeof (sbyte);
				break;
				case TypeCode.Byte:
					res = typeof(byte);
				break;
				case TypeCode.Int16:
					res = typeof (Int16);
				break;
				case TypeCode.UInt16:
					res = typeof (UInt16);
				break;
				case TypeCode.Int32:
					res = typeof (Int32);
				break;
				case TypeCode.UInt32:
					res = typeof (UInt32);
				break;
				case TypeCode.Int64:
					res = typeof (Int16);
				break;
				case TypeCode.UInt64:
					res = typeof (UInt16);
				break;
				default:
					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("this", @this, "This cannot accor");
			}
			return res;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Checks if <see cref="@this"/> is the same as <see cref="other"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to check</param>
		/// <param name="other">another enum to check</param>
		/// <returns>true, if @this and other are of the same type</returns>
		public static bool IsSameTypeAs(this Enum @this, Enum other)
		{
			return @this.GetType() == other.GetType();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Yield all defined flags that is contained in <see cref="@this"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to itrate</param>
		/// <returns>enumerator that iterates each flag @this contains</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<Enum> ToFlags(this Enum @this)
		{
			if ([email protected]())
			{
				yield return @this;
			}
			else
			{
				Func<Enum, Enum, bool> comparer = Comparers[@this.GetTypeCode()];

				foreach (Enum flag in Enum.GetValues(@this.GetType()))
				{
					if (comparer(flag, @this))
					{
						yield return flag;
					}
				}
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Yield all defined flags that is contained both in <see cref="@this"/> and in <see cref="other"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to iterate </param>
		/// <param name="other">enum to join</param>
		/// <returns> enumerator that iterates each flag @this and also other contains</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<Enum> Join(this Enum @this, Enum other)
		{
			Func<Enum, Enum, bool> comparer = Comparers[@this.GetTypeCode()];
			return @this.ToFlags().Where(flag => comparer(other, flag));
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Yield all defined flags that is contained in <see cref="@this"/> and not in <see cref="other"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to include</param>
		/// <param name="other">enum to exclude</param>
		/// <returns>enumarator that itterates each flag @this contains, but not containd in other</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<Enum> LeftOuterJoin(this Enum @this, Enum other)
		{
			Func<Enum, Enum, bool> comparer = Comparers[@this.GetTypeCode()];
			return @this.ToFlags().Where(flag => !comparer(other, flag));
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Yield all defined flags that is contained in <see cref="other"/> and not in <see cref="@this"/>
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="this">enum to exclude</param>
		/// <param name="other">enum to include</param>
		/// <returns>enumarator that itterates each flag other contains, but not containd in @this</returns>
		public static IEnumerable<Enum> RightOuterJoin(this Enum @this, Enum other)
		{
			return other.LeftOuterJoin(@this);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the string representation of the name or numeric value of one or more enumerated constants to an equivalent enumerated object.
		/// A parameter specifies whether the operation is case-sensitive.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T">An enumeration type</typeparam>
		/// <param name="value">A string containing the name or value to convert</param>
		/// <param name="ignoreCase">true to ignore case; false to regard case</param>
		/// <returns>An object of type enumType whose value is represented by value</returns>
		public static T Parse<T>(this string value, bool ignoreCase = false) where T : struct
		{
			Type enumType = typeof (T);
			if (!enumType.IsEnum)
			{
				throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("T ({0}) is not an Enum", enumType.Name), "T");
			}
			return (T)Enum.Parse(enumType, value, ignoreCase);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Converts the string representation of the name or numeric value of one or more enumerated constants to an equivalent enumerated object.
		/// A parameter specifies whether the operation is case-sensitive. The return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
		/// </summary>
		/// <typeparam name="T">The enumeration type to which to convert value</typeparam>
		/// <param name="value">The string representation of the enumeration name or underlying value to convert</param>
		/// <param name="result">When this method returns, contains an object of type T whose value is represented by value. This parameter is passed uninitialized</param>
		/// <param name="default">Default value to save in result, if parse is failed</param>
		/// <param name="ignoreCase">true to ignore case; false to consider case</param>
		/// <returns>true if the value parameter was converted successfully; otherwise, false</returns>
		public static bool TryParse<T>(this string value, out T result, T @default = default(T), bool ignoreCase = false) where T : struct
		{
			bool res;
			try
			{
				result = value.Parse<T>(ignoreCase);
				res = true;
			}
			catch (Exception)
			{
				result = @default;
				res = false;
			}
			return res;
		}

	}
}