How to access the Description attribute on either a property or a const in C#?

Question

How do you access the Description property on either a const or a property, i.e.,

public static class Group
{

    [Description( \"Specified parent-child rel         


        

Answer 1

Here is a helper class I am using for processing custom attributes in .NET

public class AttributeList : List
{
    /// 

    /// Gets a list of custom attributes
    /// 
    /// 
    /// 
    public static AttributeList GetCustomAttributeList(ICustomAttributeProvider propertyInfo)
    {
        var result = new AttributeList();
        result.AddRange(propertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes(false).Cast());
        return result;
    }

    /// 

    /// Finds attribute in collection by its type
    /// 
    /// 
    /// 
    public T FindAttribute() where T : Attribute
    {
        return (T)Find(x => typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(x.GetType()));
    }

    public bool IsAttributeSet() where T : Attribute
    {
        return FindAttribute() != null;
    }
}

Also unit tests for MsTest showing how to use this class

[TestClass]
public class AttributeListTest
{
    private class TestAttrAttribute : Attribute
    {
    }

    [TestAttr]
    private class TestClass
    {
    }

    [TestMethod]
    public void Test()
    {
        var attributeList = AttributeList.GetCustomAttributeList(typeof (TestClass));
        Assert.IsTrue(attributeList.IsAttributeSet());
        Assert.IsFalse(attributeList.IsAttributeSet());
        Assert.IsInstanceOfType(attributeList.FindAttribute(), typeof(TestAttrAttribute));
    }
}

http://www.kozlenko.info/2010/02/02/getting-a-list-of-custom-attributes-in-net/