BeWoPlaner/Shared/Extensions/EnumExtensions.cs

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace BS.Shared.Extensions
{
	public static class EnumExtensions
	{
		public static string GetEnumDescription(this Enum value)
		{
			var fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
            var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[]) fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);

			return attributes.Length > 0 ? attributes[0].Description : value.ToString();
		}
	}
}