Enum friendly names via DisplayAttribute + DescriptionAttribute

ExtensionMethods.cs

public static class ExtensionMethods
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Returns friendly name for enum as long as enum is decorated with a Display or Description Attribute, otherwise returns Enum.ToString()
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="value">Enum</param>
    /// <returns>Friendly name via DescriptionAttribute</returns>
    public static string ToFriendlyName(this Enum value)
    {
        Type type = value.GetType();

        // first, try to get [Display(Name="")] attribute and return it if exists
        string displayName = TryGetDisplayAttribute(value, type);
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayName))
        {
            return displayName;
        }

        // next, try to get a [Description("")] attribute
        string description = TryGetDescriptionAttribute(value, type);
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description))
        {
            return description;
        }

        // no attributes found, just tostring the enum :(
        return value.ToString();
    }

    private static string TryGetDescriptionAttribute(Enum value, Type type)
    {
        if (!type.IsEnum) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Type '{0}' is not Enum", type));

        string name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
        {
            FieldInfo field = type.GetField(name);
            if (field != null)
            {
                DescriptionAttribute attr = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
                if (attr != null)
                {
                    return attr.Description;
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    private static string TryGetDisplayAttribute(Enum value, Type type)
    {
        if (!type.IsEnum) throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("Type '{0}' is not Enum", type));

        MemberInfo[] members = type.GetMember(value.ToString());

        if (members.Length > 0)
        {
            MemberInfo member = members[0];
            var attributes = member.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false);

            if (attributes.Length > 0)
            {
                DisplayAttribute attribute = (DisplayAttribute)attributes[0];
                return attribute.GetName();
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}