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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace AutoDiagrammer
{
/// <summary>
/// This class simply takes an enum and uses some reflection to obtain
/// the friendly name for the enum. Where the friendlier name is
/// obtained using the DescriptionAttribute
/// </summary>
[ValueConversion(typeof(object), typeof(String))]
public class EnumToFriendlyNameConverter : IValueConverter
{
#region IValueConverter implementation
/// <summary>
/// Convert value for binding from source object
/// </summary>
public object Convert(object value, Type targetType,
object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
// To get around the stupid wpf designer bug
if (value != null)
{
FieldInfo fi = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
if (fi != null)
{
var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(
typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
return ((attributes.Length > 0) &&
(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(attributes[0].Description)))
? attributes[0].Description : value.ToString();
}
}
return string.Empty;
}
/// <summary>
/// ConvertBack value from binding back to source object
/// </summary>
public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
{
throw new Exception("Cant convert back");
}
#endregion
}
}
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