Get the field description for the enumeration value

Parameters

val

The enumeration value to get the description of

Return Value

The description, or if it has none, the name

Example

Enumeration:

public enum ExampleEnum
{
[EnumDescription("This is the first value")]
FirstValue = 1,
[EnumDescription("This is the second value")]
SecondValue = 2
}

Usage:

string desc = EnumDescriptorReader.GetEnumFieldDescription(ExampleEnum.FirstValue);

See Also

EnumDescriptorReader Class | CommandLine.OptParse Namespace

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