Imports System
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Namespace Samples

    Public NotInheritable Class EnumParser(Of T)

        Private Sub New()
        End Sub

        ' Fires this violation        
        Public Shared Function TryParse(ByVal value As String, <Out()> ByRef result As T) As Boolean

            Try
                result = DirectCast([Enum].Parse(GetType(T), value), T)
                Return True
            Catch ex As ArgumentException
            End Try

            result = Nothing
            Return False

        End Function

    End Class

    Module Program

        Public Sub Main()

            Dim result As DayOfWeek
            ' Must specify type argument            
            If EnumParser(Of DayOfWeek).TryParse("Monday", result) Then
                Console.WriteLine("Conversion Succeeded!")
            End If

        End Sub

    End Module

End Namespace

using System;

namespace Samples
{    
    public static class EnumParser<T>    
    {        // Fires this violation        
        public static bool TryParse(string value, out T result)        
        {            
            try            
            {                
                result = (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);                
                return true;            
            }            
            catch (ArgumentException)            
            {            
            }
                result = default(T);            
            return false;        
        }    
    }

    static class Program    
    {        
        public static void Main()        
        {            
            DayOfWeek dayOfWeek;            
            // Must specify type argument            
            if (EnumParser<DayOfWeek>.TryParse("Monday", out dayOfWeek))            
            {                
                Console.WriteLine("Conversion Succeeded!");            
            }        
        }    
    }
}