An extension method for C# that will prove a DisplayNameAttribute if available

GetEnumDisplayNameExtension.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Inventory.Data {

	public static class EnumExtensions {

		public static string GetDescription( this Enum currentEnum ) {
			var fi = currentEnum.GetType().
								 GetField( currentEnum.ToString() );
			var da = (DescriptionAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute( fi,
																		 typeof( DescriptionAttribute ) );
			var description = da != null ? da.Description : currentEnum.ToString();

			return description;
		}

		public static string GetDisplayName( this Enum currentEnum ) {

			var fi = currentEnum.GetType().
								GetField( currentEnum.ToString() );
			var da = (DisplayNameAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute( fi,
																		typeof( DisplayNameAttribute ) );
			var displayname = da != null ? da.DisplayName : currentEnum.ToString();

			return displayname;
		}

	}
}