Extended Enum with attributes

gistfile1.cs

public class EnumExtension
{
  enum Test {
    [Description("This is a foo")]
    Foo,
    [Description("This is a bar")]
    Bar
  }

  public static class DescriptionExtensions
  {
      public static string GetDescriptionValue(this Enum value)
      {
          // Get the type
          Type type = value.GetType();
  
          // Get fieldinfo for this type
          FieldInfo fieldInfo = type.GetField(value.ToString());
  
          // Get the stringvalue attributes
          DescriptionAttribute[] attribs = fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes( typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false ) as DescriptionAttribute[];
  
          // Return the first if there was a match.
          return attribs.Length > 0 ? attribs[0].Description : null;
      }
      
      public void UsageSample()
      {
        Test test = Test.Foo;
        // will show "This is a foo"
        Console.WriteLine(test.GetDescription());
      }
  }
  
  
}