How to get the Display Name Attribute of an Enum member via MVC razor code?

Question

I\'ve got a property in my model called \"Promotion\" that its type is a flag enum called \"UserPromotion\". Members of my enum have display attributes set as follows:

Answer 1

I'm sorry to do this, but I couldn't use any of the other answers as-is and haven't time to duke it out in the comments.

Uses C# 6 syntax.

static class EnumExtensions
{
    /// returns the localized Name, if a [Display(Name="Localised Name")] attribute is applied to the enum member
    /// returns null if there isnt an attribute
    public static string DisplayNameOrEnumName(this Enum value)
    // => value.DisplayNameOrDefault() ?? value.ToString()
    {
        // More efficient form of ^ based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/17034624/11635
        var enumType = value.GetType();
        var enumMemberName = Enum.GetName(enumType, value);
        return enumType
            .GetEnumMemberAttribute(enumMemberName)
            ?.GetName() // Potentially localized
            ?? enumMemberName; // Or fall back to the enum name
    }

    /// returns the localized Name, if a [Display] attribute is applied to the enum member
    /// returns null if there is no attribute
    public static string DisplayNameOrDefault(this Enum value) =>
        value.GetEnumMemberAttribute()?.GetName();

    static TAttribute GetEnumMemberAttribute(this Enum value) where TAttribute : Attribute =>
        value.GetType().GetEnumMemberAttribute(value.ToString());

    static TAttribute GetEnumMemberAttribute(this Type enumType, string enumMemberName) where TAttribute : Attribute =>
        enumType.GetMember(enumMemberName).Single().GetCustomAttribute();
}