When you are playing with Web Services you quite often find information held in an Attribute, but how do you get it out?

e.g.

public enum Classification {

        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlEnumAttribute(“Test drive demonstrator”)]
        Testdrivedemonstrator,

        [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlEnumAttribute(“Showroom vehicle”)]
        Showroomvehicle,

 

By using reflection you can gain access to the attribute, here is how:

Type enumType = typeof(velocityUom);

foreach (FieldInfo fi in enumType.GetFields())

{

object[] attrs = fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(XmlEnumAttribute), false);

if (attrs.Length > 0)

{

Console.WriteLine(((XmlEnumAttribute)attrs[0]).Name);

}

}