private string GetDescription(OperationType enumerationValue)
{
Type type = enumerationValue.GetType();
if (!type.IsEnum)
{
throw new ArgumentException("EnumerationValue must be of Enum type", "enumerationValue");
}
//Tries to find a DescriptionAttribute for a potential friendly name
//for the enum
MemberInfo[] memberInfo = type.GetMember(enumerationValue.ToString());
if (memberInfo != null && memberInfo.Length > 0)
{
object[] attrs = memberInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
if (attrs != null && attrs.Length > 0)
{
//Pull out the description value
return(((DescriptionAttribute)attrs[0]).Description);
}
}
//If we have no description attribute, just return the ToString of the enum
return(enumerationValue.ToString());
}
public static string GetLabel(this OperationType e)
{
Type type = e.GetType();
Array values = Enum.GetValues(type);
foreach (int val in values)
{
if ((OperationType)val == e)
{
System.Reflection.MemberInfo[] memberInfo = type.GetMember(type.GetEnumName(val));
DescriptionAttribute descriptionAttribute = memberInfo[0]
.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false)
.FirstOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute;
if (descriptionAttribute != null)
{
return(descriptionAttribute.Description);
}
}
}
return(null);
}