How to get the Value in [Display(Name=“”)] attribute in Controller for any property using EF6

Question

I am developing an MVC 5 application. I want to get the value in [Display(Name = \"\")] attribute in my controller method for any property of any class.

Answer 1

Alex Art's answer almost worked for me. dd.Name simply returned the property name, but dd.GetName() returned the text from the Display attribute.

Answer 2

This should work:

MemberInfo property = typeof(ABC).GetProperty(s); 
var dd = property.GetCustomAttribute(typeof(DisplayAttribute)) as DisplayAttribute;
if(dd != null)
{
  var name = dd.Name;
}

Answer 3

You can use it:

MemberInfo property = typeof(ABC).GetProperty(s); 
var name = property.GetCustomAttribute<DisplayAttribute>()?.Name;