How do I check if a key is down in XNA when I'm only given a string that has the key's name?

Question

I'm trying to get access to the keyboard state in XNA from an embedded JavaScript runtime.

I'd like to do something similar to the following, but I can't seem to figure out how to get from "Left" to Keys.Left, in one line, for all 100+ keys or so.

js.SetParameter("XNA_Keyboard", new {
    keyDown = (Func<string, bool>)((name) => {
        return keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys[name]); // ! Can't index keys enum by name
    }),
});

Is there some kind of reflection that will make this easier?

Answer 1

js.SetParameter("XNA_Keyboard", new {
    keyDown = (Func<string, bool>)((name) => {
        return keyboardState.IsKeyDown((Keys)Enum.Parse(typeof(Keys), name, false)); // ! Can't index keys enum by name
    }),
});

That should do the trick, assuming the names match the C# ones.