From 0bed3aa096a85d0105c6fa507543fbb6b6ea57c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Collins <james.collins@outlook.com.au>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 09:49:10 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] added messages get function

---
 app/Enum/Enum.php | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/Enum/Enum.php b/app/Enum/Enum.php
index 7e7667d..6bf900b 100644
--- a/app/Enum/Enum.php
+++ b/app/Enum/Enum.php
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ use ReflectionClass;
 
 class Enum
 {
+    /**
+     * Message list
+     * 
+     * @var array<string<static>>
+     */
+    public static $messages = [];
+
     /**
      * Caches reflections of enum subclasses.
      *
@@ -47,4 +54,18 @@ class Enum
     {
         return array_values(static::getReflection()->getConstants());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a message from the enum subclass
+     * 
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function getMessage(int $messageIndex, string $defaultMessage = 'Unknown'): string
+    {
+        if(array_key_exists($messageIndex, self::$messages) === true) {
+            return self::$messages[$messageIndex];
+        }
+
+        return $defaultMessage;
+    }
 }