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Get Enum description or its name using C#

Mahesh Kumar Yadav answered on March 30, 2022 Popularity 9/10 Helpfulness 4/10

answer Get Enum description or its name using C#

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Get Enum description or its name using C#

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/// <summary>
/// Given an enum value, if a <see cref="DescriptionAttribute"/> attribute has been defined on it, then return that.
/// Otherwise return the enum name. 11/05/2019  Mahesh Kumar Yadav
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Enum type to look in</typeparam>
/// <param name="value">Enum value</param>
/// <returns>Description or name</returns>
public static string ToDescription<T>(T value) where T : struct
{
    if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
    {
        throw new ArgumentException();
    }

    var fieldName = Enum.GetName(typeof(T), value);
    if (fieldName == null)
    {
        return string.Empty;
    }

    var fieldInfo = typeof(T).GetField(fieldName,
        BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
    if (fieldInfo == null)
    {
        return string.Empty;
    }

    var descriptionAttribute =
        (DescriptionAttribute)fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false)
            .FirstOrDefault();
    return descriptionAttribute == null ? fieldInfo.Name : descriptionAttribute.Description;
}

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GetEnumDescription<MyEnum>(1);
GetEnumDescription<YourEnum>(2);

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