using System; using System.ComponentModel; namespace ZeroLevel { public static class EnumExtensions { /// <summary> /// Gets an attribute on an enum field value /// </summary> /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the attribute you want to retrieve</typeparam> /// <param name="enumVal">The enum value</param> /// <returns>The attribute of type T that exists on the enum value</returns> /// <example>string desc = myEnumVariable.GetAttributeOfType<DescriptionAttribute/>().Description;</example> public static T GetAttributeOfType<T>(this Enum enumVal) where T : Attribute { var type = enumVal.GetType(); var memInfo = type.GetMember(enumVal.ToString()); var attributes = memInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), false); return (attributes.Length > 0) ? (T)attributes[0] : null; } public static string Description(this Enum enumVal) { var attr = enumVal.GetAttributeOfType<DescriptionAttribute>(); return attr?.Description; } public static T GetValueFromDescription<T>(string description) { var type = typeof(T); if (!type.IsEnum) throw new InvalidOperationException(); foreach (var field in type.GetFields()) { var attribute = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute; if (attribute != null) { if (attribute.Description == description) return (T)field.GetValue(null); } else { if (field.Name == description) return (T)field.GetValue(null); } } throw new ArgumentException("Not found.", nameof(description)); // or return default(T); } } }