C#, Flags Enum, Generic function to look for a flag

You're looking to replace one line of code with a function that wraps one line of code? I'd say to just use the one line of code...

No, you can't do this with C# generics. However, you could do:

public static bool IsEnumFlagPresent<T>(T value, T lookingForFlag) 
    where T : struct
{
    int intValue = (int) (object) value;
    int intLookingForFlag = (int) (object) lookingForFlag;
    return ((intValue & intLookingForFlag) == intLookingForFlag);
}

This will only work for enums which have an underlying type of int, and it's somewhat inefficient because it boxes the value... but it should work.

You may want to add an execution type check that T is actually an enum type (e.g. typeof(T).BaseType == typeof(Enum))

Here's a complete program demonstrating it working:

using System;

[Flags]
enum Foo
{
    A = 1,
    B = 2,
    C = 4,
    D = 8
}

class Test
{
    public static Boolean IsEnumFlagPresent<T>(T value, T lookingForFlag) 
        where T : struct
    {
        int intValue = (int) (object) value;
        int intLookingForFlag = (int) (object) lookingForFlag;
        return ((intValue & intLookingForFlag) == intLookingForFlag);
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(IsEnumFlagPresent(Foo.B | Foo.C, Foo.A));
        Console.WriteLine(IsEnumFlagPresent(Foo.B | Foo.C, Foo.B));
        Console.WriteLine(IsEnumFlagPresent(Foo.B | Foo.C, Foo.C));
        Console.WriteLine(IsEnumFlagPresent(Foo.B | Foo.C, Foo.D));
    }
}