Gets the description attribute assigned to an item in an Enum.
public static class EnumHelper<T>
{
public static string GetEnumDescription(string value)
{
Type type = typeof(T);
var name = Enum.GetNames(type).Where(f => f.Equals(value, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)).Select(d => d).FirstOrDefault();
if (name == null)
{
return string.Empty;
}
var field = type.GetField(name);
var customAttribute = field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
return customAttribute.Length > 0 ? ((DescriptionAttribute)customAttribute[0]).Description : name;
}
}