Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.Editors/EnumExtensions.cs


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public static class EnumExtensions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the Enum value description.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public static String ToDescription(this Enum value)
    {
        FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());

        DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);

        if (attributes != null &&
            attributes.Length > 0)
            return attributes[0].Description;
        else
            return value.ToString();
    }
}