Looking for simplier or shorter way to convert enum description attributes to a list

[RobDog888]

Sure there is a better way to accomplish this. Perhaps with a linq statement?

Im wanting to geta a list of all the descriptions on the enum which will be thrown into a dropdown in grid column

I cant just go by teh names and convert to a string as I have a situation where there is a "blank" and no way to represent that as a named enum member which is a valid option

Thanks

//Controller
        [HttpGet]
        public JsonResult GetPriorities([DataSourceRequest]DataSourceRequest request)
        {
            List<string> model = new List<string>();
            List<CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE> enm = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE)).Cast<CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE>().ToList();
            foreach (CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE en in enm)
            {
                string attrib = en.ToDescriptionString();
                model.Add(attrib);
            }
            return Json(model, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

//Extension method
        public static string ToDescriptionString(this Enum This)
        {
            Type type = This.GetType();
            string name = Enum.GetName(type, This);
            MemberInfo member = type.GetMembers().Where(w => w.Name == name).FirstOrDefault();
            DescriptionAttribute attribute = member != null ? member.GetCustomAttributes(true).Where(w => w.GetType() == typeof(DescriptionAttribute))
                    .FirstOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute : null;

            return attribute != null ? attribute.Description : name;
        }

//ENUM
        public enum PRIORITY_TYPE
        {
            [Description(" ")]
            BLANK,
            [Description("A")]
            A,
            [Description("B")]
            B,
            [Description("C")]
            C
        }

[jmcilhinney]

The code is not necessarily shorter overall but check out these classes I created for this purpose:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?552563

In your case, the code would be:

var model = new EnumDescriptorCollection<CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE>().Select(ed => ed.ToString()).ToList();

That said, you could already be using this:

var model = Enum.GetValues(typeof(CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE))
                .Cast<CaseParty.PRIORITY_TYPE>()
                .Select(pt => pt.ToDescriptionString())
                .ToList();