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Extension method to get the Description value from an Enum. If not present, return Enum name.
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Enum.GetDescription()
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;
}
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