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.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone.EnumExtensions
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.167 -- Release Build+1e132a4d484f1823d39b71639f55ad9da4974e99

C#View Source Request Example

public static string GetDescription(
	this Enum enumeration
)

VBView Source Request Example

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetDescription ( 
	enumeration As Enum
) As String

C++View Source Request Example

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ GetDescription(
	Enum^ enumeration
)

JavaScriptView Source Request Example

Gemstone.EnumExtensions.EnumExtensions.GetDescription = function(enumeration);

Parameters

enumeration Enum: Enum to operate on.

Return Value

String
Description of the Enum if specified, otherwise the String representation of this enumeration.

Usage Note

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).

EnumExtensionsGetDescription Method

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