Get Enums "Display" value

EnumExtentions.cs

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;

namespace Portal.Extentions
{
    public static class EnumExtentions
    {
        public static string DisplayName(this Enum item)
        {
            var type = item.GetType();
            var member = type.GetMember(item.ToString());
            DisplayAttribute displayName = (DisplayAttribute)member[0]
                .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false)
                .FirstOrDefault();

            if (displayName != null)
            {
                return displayName.Name;
            }

            return item.ToString();
        }

        public static string GetDescription(this Enum value)
        {
            var field = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
            try
            {
                var attribute
                    = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(DescriptionAttribute))
                        as DescriptionAttribute;

                return attribute == null ? value.ToString() : attribute.Description;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }
        }

        public static string GetValue(this Enum enumItem)
        {
            var value = Convert.ToInt32(enumItem);
            return value.ToString();
        }
    }
}