Custom attribute on property - Getting type and value of attributed property

Question

I have the following custom attribute, which can be applied on properties:

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = false)]
public class Id         


        

Answer 1

A bit late but here is something I did for enums (could be any object also) and getting the description attribute value using an extension (this could be a generic for any attribute):

public enum TransactionTypeEnum
{
    [Description("Text here!")]
    DROP = 1,

    [Description("More text here!")]
    PICKUP = 2,

    ...
}

Getting the value:

var code = TransactionTypeEnum.DROP.ToCode();

Extension supporting all my enums:

public static string ToCode(this TransactionTypeEnum val)
{
    return GetCode(val);
}

public static string ToCode(this DockStatusEnum val)
{
    return GetCode(val);
}

public static string ToCode(this TrailerStatusEnum val)
{
    return GetCode(val);
}

public static string ToCode(this DockTrailerStatusEnum val)
{
    return GetCode(val);
}

public static string ToCode(this EncodingType val)
{
    return GetCode(val);
}

private static string GetCode(object val)
{
    var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])val.GetType().GetField(val.ToString()).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);

    return attributes.Length > 0 ? attributes[0].Description : string.Empty;
}