/// <summary>
/// Returns a user-friendly name for an accelerator type.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="profileType">The profile to return a name for.</param>
/// <returns>A user friendly name.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// Adapted from https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/157871/method-that-returns-description-attribute-of-enum-value.</remarks>
public static string ToFriendlyName(this ProfileType profileType)
{
return
(profileType
.GetType()
.GetMember(profileType.ToString())
.FirstOrDefault()
?.GetCustomAttribute <DescriptionAttribute>()
?.Description
?? profileType.ToString());
}
/// <exception cref="System.MemberAccessException" />
/// <exception cref="System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException" />
public virtual object Create(bool initEarly)
{
ThrowHelper.ThrowIfNull(ClassName, "className");
object obj = null;
try
{
obj = Activator.CreateInstance(ProfileType.GetType(ClassName));
}
catch (TypeLoadException e)
{
throw new ConfigException(e);
}
ParameterMapping.Mapping(obj, Params);
if (initEarly && obj is IInitializable)
{
((IInitializable)obj).Init();
}
return(obj);
}
public static string GetDescription(this ProfileType value)
{
var type = value.GetType();
var name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
if (name != null)
{
var field = type.GetField(name);
if (field != null)
{
var attr =
Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field,
typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
if (attr != null)
{
return(attr.Description);
}
}
}
return(null);
}