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tdewilde / GetEnumDictionary<T>()

Created April 7, 2014 08:26

Convert an Enum to a Dictionary<int, string>. Uses the extension method Enum.GetDescription() to retrieve the value.

	public static Dictionary<int, string> GetEnumDictionary<T>() where T : struct
	{
	if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
	throw new ArgumentException("T is not an Enum type");

	return Enum.GetValues(typeof(T))
	.Cast<object>()
	.ToDictionary(k => (int)k, v => ((Enum)v).GetDescription());
	}

tdewilde / Enum.GetDescription()

Created April 7, 2014 08:23

Extension method to get the Description value from an Enum. If not present, return Enum name.

	public static string GetDescription(this Enum enumeration)
	{
	string value = enumeration.ToString();
	Type enumType = enumeration.GetType();
	var descAttribute = (DescriptionAttribute[])enumType
	.GetField(value)
	.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
	return descAttribute.Length > 0 ? descAttribute[0].Description : value;
	}

tdewilde / Control.AllChildControls()

Created January 9, 2014 10:02

Get all child controls for a certain control.

	public static IEnumerable<Control> AllChildControls(this Control control)
	{
	var children = control.Controls.Cast<Control>();
	return children.SelectMany(c => AllChildControls(c)).Concat(children);
	}

tdewilde / DateTime.IsLastDayOfTheMonth()

Last active December 31, 2015 05:29

Extension method to determine whether the given date is the last day of the month.

	public static bool IsLastDayOfTheMonth(this DateTime dateTime)
	{
	return dateTime.Month != dateTime.AddDays(1).Month;
	}

tdewilde / Int32.ToGuid()

Last active December 17, 2015 20:48

Extension method to convert an integer to a Guid. Useful for mocking objects in a unit test.

	public static Guid ToGuid(this int value)
	{
	byte[] bytes = new byte[16];
	BitConverter.GetBytes(value).CopyTo(bytes, 0);
	return new Guid(bytes);
	}