How to get all descriptions of enum values with re

Question

So I need to get a List<string> from my enum

Here is what I have done so far:

enum definition

    [Flags]
    public enum ContractorType
    {
        [Description("Recipient")]
        RECIPIENT = 1,
        [Description("Deliver")]
        DELIVER = 2,
        [Description("Recipient / Deliver")]
        RECIPIENT_DELIVER = 4
    }

HelperClass with method to do what I need:

public static class EnumUtils
{
    public static IEnumerable<string> GetDescrptions(Type enumerator)
    {
        FieldInfo[] fi = enumerator.GetFields();

        List<DescriptionAttribute> attributes = new List<DescriptionAttribute>();
        foreach (var i in fi)
        {
            try
            {
                yield return attributes.Add(((DescriptionAttribute[])i.GetCustomAttributes(
                    typeof(DescriptionAttribute),
                    false))[0]);
            }
            catch { }
        }
        return new List<string>{"empty"};
    }
}

Now in the line where I yield values, I got a NullReferenceException. Did I miss something? The syntax looks all right to me, but maybe I overlooked something?

Edit: I'm using .net Framework 4.0 here.

Answer 1

This is Dictionary not List
But is is something I use

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Reflection;
using MyExtensions;

namespace MyExtensions
{
    public static class Extension
    {
        public static string GetDescriptionName(this Enum value)
        {
            Type type = value.GetType();
            string name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
            if (name == null)
                return null;
            else
            {
                FieldInfo field = type.GetField(name);
                if (field == null)
                    return name;
                else
                {
                    DescriptionAttribute attr =
                            Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field,
                                typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
                    if (attr == null)
                        return name;
                    else
                        return attr.Description;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace EnumDescription
{
    class Program
    {
        public enum enumDateCond : byte 
        {
            [Description("Empty")]
            Null = 0,
            [Description("Not Empty")]
            NotNull = 1,
            EQ = 2, 
            LT = 3, 
            LE = 4, 
            GE = 14, 
            GT = 15 
        };
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            enumDateCond x = enumDateCond.Null;
            string description = x.GetDescriptionName();
            foreach (enumDateCond enm in Enum.GetValues(typeof(enumDateCond)))
            {
                description = enm.GetDescriptionName();
                Console.WriteLine(description);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Dictionary");
            Dictionary<enumDateCond, string> DLenumDateCond = EnumToDictionary<enumDateCond>();
            foreach(enumDateCond key in DLenumDateCond.Keys)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(key.ToString() + " " + DLenumDateCond[key]);
            }
        }
        public static Dictionary<T, string> EnumToDictionary<T>()
            where T : struct
        {
            Type enumType = typeof(T);

            // Can't use generic type constraints on value types,
            // so have to do check like this
            if (enumType.BaseType != typeof(Enum))
                throw new ArgumentException("T must be of type System.Enum");

            Dictionary<T, string> enumDL = new Dictionary<T, string>();
            foreach (T enm in Enum.GetValues(enumType))
            {
                string name = Enum.GetName(enumType, enm);
                if (name != null)
                {
                    FieldInfo field = enumType.GetField(name);
                    if (field != null)
                    {
                        DescriptionAttribute attr =
                                Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field,
                                    typeof(DescriptionAttribute)) as DescriptionAttribute;
                        if (attr != null)
                            name = attr.Description;
                    }
                }
                enumDL.Add(enm, name);
            }
            return enumDL;
        }
    }
}