EnumExtensionsGetDescription Method
Retrieves the description of the value that this Enum represents extracted from the DescriptionAttribute, or the enumeration name
if no description is available.
Namespace: Gemstone.EnumExtensionsAssembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490
public static string GetDescription(
this Enum enumeration
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetDescription (
enumeration As Enum
) As String
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ GetDescription(
Enum^ enumeration
)
Gemstone.EnumExtensions.EnumExtensions.GetDescription = function(enumeration);
- enumeration Enum
- Enum to operate on.
StringDescription of the
Enum if specified, otherwise the
String representation of this
enumeration.In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type
Enum. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).