Serializing DataAnnotations

Question

I would like to store DataAnnotations inside a database. How can I retrieve a string representation of a DataAnnotation by reflection (or by other means)?

Example

public class Product
    {
        [DisplayName("Price")]
        [Required]
        [RegularExpression(@"^\$?\d+(\.(\d{2}))?$")]
        public decimal UnitPrice { get; set; }
    }

Result could be XML or JSON data as long as it is stringified.

Answer 1

this is very similar to retrieve-custom-attribute-parameter-values, i'd use it as a basis for your solution