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Allow enums to have spaces

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By default, enum values cannot have spaces in them (i.e. "Created Date" can only be "CreatedDate"). With this method, we can change that!

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  1. using System.ComponentModel;
  2.  
  3. public class MyClass
  4. {
  5.   /// <summary>
  6.   /// Returns the description attribute of an Enum if available, othewise returns
  7.   /// the toString() of the value passed in.
  8.   ///
  9.   /// Useful for Enums with spaces in them.
  10.   /// </summary>
  11.   /// <param name="value">the enum</param>
  12.   /// <returns>the description string of the enum</returns>
  13.   public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
  14.   {
  15.     FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
  16.  
  17.     DescriptionAttribute[] attributes =
  18. 	(DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
  19. 		typeof(DescriptionAttribute),false);
  20.  
  21.     if (attributes != null && attributes.Length > 0)
  22. 	return attributes[0].Description;
  23.     else
  24. 	return value.ToString();
  25.     }
  26. }
  27.  
  28. public enum Types
  29. {
  30.   [Description("Created Date")]
  31.   CreatedDate,
  32.   Description,
  33.   Test
  34. }

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