Enum Utilities

enumutilities.txt

***** For Enums ADD Description attribute to each enum and using statement to class with enum
using System.ComponentModel;
[Description("Admin")]

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CLASS TO GET ENUM INTO NAME/VALUE Dictionary to use for DataBinding

	using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.ComponentModel;
	usingFor Enums  System.Reflection;
	using System.ComponentModel;
	public class EnumUtilities
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the enum pairs.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="type">The enum type.</param>
		/// <returns><see cref="Dictionary{TKey,TValue}"/> for the enum pairs.</returns>
		public static Dictionary<int, string> GetEnumPairs(Type type)
		{
			if (type == null)
			{
				throw new ArgumentNullException("type");
			}

			if (!type.IsEnum)
			{
				throw new ArgumentException("Only enumeration type is expected.");
			}

			Dictionary<int, string> pairs = new Dictionary<int, string>();
			foreach (int i in Enum.GetValues(type))
			{
				pairs.Add(i, GetDescription(type.GetField(Enum.GetName(type, i))));
			}

			return pairs;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets the description.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="field">The field.</param>
		/// <returns>Enum decription or text.</returns>
		private static string GetDescription(FieldInfo field)
		{
			object[] descriptions = field.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);

			if (descriptions.Length > 0)
			{
				return ((DescriptionAttribute)descriptions[0]).Description;
			}

			return field.Name;
		}

	}