How can I make EF Core database first use Enums?

I’m using EF Core with database-first approach using the “Scaffold-DbContext”-command to generate my DbContext / Entities.

How can I instruct Scaffold-DbContext that a certain field in a certain table should generate code to use an Enum instead of just an int?

This is how you used to do it in regular EF: https://www.devu.com/cs-asp/lesson-69-mapping-enum-types-entity-properties-framework-designer/

Example

This enum is already defined in code:

public enum StateEnum {
  Ok = 1,
  Fail = 2
}

This is what Scaffold-DbContext gives me

public partial class Foo
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public int State { get; set; }
}

This is what I want it to create:

public partial class Foo
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public StateEnum State { get; set; }
}

Answer

Starting with Entity Framework Core 2.1, EF supports Value Conversions to specifically address scenarios where a property needs to be mapped to a different type for storage.

Specifically for Enums, you can use the provided EnumToStringConverter or EnumToNumberConverter.