Entity Framework Data Annotation "Display Name" of type Enum

Question

Does anyone know how to access the "Display Name" data annotation of enum types?

I have an enum type with display names

class enum SomethingType {
  [Display(Name = "Type 1")]
  Type1,
  [Display(Name = "Type 2")]
  Type2
}

and a model class that references to it

class ModelClass {
  public SomethingType Type {get; set;}
}

How do I display the display name for the values in ModelClass?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I think you are looking for something like this:

class ModelClass
{
    public SomethingType MyType {get; set;}

    public string TypeName {

        get
        {
            var enumType = typeof(SomethingType);
            var field = enumType.GetFields()
                       .First(x => x.Name == Enum.GetName(enumType, MyType));

            var attribute = field.GetCustomAttribute<Display>();

            return attribute.Name;
        }

}