C# Enum.ToString() with complete name

Question

I am searching a solution to get the complete String of an enum.

Example:

Public Enum Color
{
    Red = 1,
    Blue = 2
}
Color color = Color.Red;

// This will always get "Red" but I need "Color.Red"
string colorString = color.ToString();

// I know that this is what I need:
colorString = Color.Red.ToString();

So is there a solution?

Answer 1

public static class Extensions
{
    public static string GetFullName(this Enum myEnum)
    {
      return string.Format("{0}.{1}", myEnum.GetType().Name, myEnum.ToString());
    }
}

usage:

Color color = Color.Red;
string fullName = color.GetFullName();

Note: I think GetType().Name is better that GetType().FullName

Answer 2

Try this:

        Color color = Color.Red;

        string colorString = color.GetType().Name + "." + Enum.GetName(typeof(Color), color);