So I need to get a List
from my enum
Here is what I have done so far:
enum definition
This is Dictionary not List
But is is something I use
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using MyExtensions;
namespace MyExtensions
{
public static class Extension
{
public static string GetDescriptionName(this Enum value)
{
Type type = value.GetType();
string name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
if (name == null)
return null;
else
{
FieldInfo field = type.GetField(name);
if (field == null)
return name;
else
{
DescriptionAttribute attr =
Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field,
typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
if (attr == null)
return name;
else
return attr.Description;
}
}
}
}
}
namespace EnumDescription
{
class Program
{
public enum enumDateCond : byte
{
[Description("Empty")]
Null = 0,
[Description("Not Empty")]
NotNull = 1,
EQ = 2,
LT = 3,
LE = 4,
GE = 14,
GT = 15
};
static void Main(string[] args)
{
enumDateCond x = enumDateCond.Null;
string description = x.GetDescriptionName();
foreach (enumDateCond enm in Enum.GetValues(typeof(enumDateCond)))
{
description = enm.GetDescriptionName();
Console.WriteLine(description);
}
Console.WriteLine("Dictionary");
Dictionary DLenumDateCond = EnumToDictionary();
foreach(enumDateCond key in DLenumDateCond.Keys)
{
Console.WriteLine(key.ToString() + " " + DLenumDateCond[key]);
}
}
public static Dictionary EnumToDictionary()
where T : struct
{
Type enumType = typeof(T);
// Can't use generic type constraints on value types,
// so have to do check like this
if (enumType.BaseType != typeof(Enum))
throw new ArgumentException("T must be of type System.Enum");
Dictionary enumDL = new Dictionary();
foreach (T enm in Enum.GetValues(enumType))
{
string name = Enum.GetName(enumType, enm);
if (name != null)
{
FieldInfo field = enumType.GetField(name);
if (field != null)
{
DescriptionAttribute attr =
Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field,
typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
if (attr != null)
name = attr.Description;
}
}
enumDL.Add(enm, name);
}
return enumDL;
}
}
}