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user2880783

Reputation: 165

How to get values from EnumMember wcf

I have WCF service with Enum as data contract. How to get list of Enum values. This is code:

in WCF 

[DataContract]
public enum MyEnum
{
   [EnumMember(Value="My first member")]
    First,
   [EnumMember(Value="My second member")]
    Second,
   [EnumMember(Value="My third member")]
    Third
}

in client application:

Array myEnumMembers = Enum.GetValues(typeof(MyEnum));

foreach(MyEnum member in myEnumMembers )
{
   MembersListBoxControl.Items.Add(member.ToString());
}

This works but in my list box control it shows value without space like this:

Myfirstmember
Mysecondmember
Mythirdmember

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3204

Answers (1)

VMAtm
VMAtm

Reputation: 28345

As the values of Enum must follow the same naming rules as all identifiers in C#, I think this can't be done like this.

You can either use some Resources file to store string representation or try to use a Description attribute, like this:

public enum MyEnum
{
    [Description("Description for Foo")]
    Foo,
    [Description("Description for Bar")]
    Bar
}

MyEnum x = MyEnum.Foo;
string description = x.GetDescription(); // extension method provided in original answer.

MSDN article about attribute

Upvotes: 1

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