Filtration/Filtration.Common/Extensions/EnumerationExtension.cs

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Markup;

namespace Filtration.Common.Extensions
{
    public class EnumerationExtension : MarkupExtension
    {
        private Type _enumType;


        public EnumerationExtension(Type enumType)
        {
            if (enumType == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(enumType));

            EnumType = enumType;
        }

        public Type EnumType
        {
            get
            {
                return _enumType;
            }
            private set
            {
                if (_enumType == value) return;

                var enumType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(value) ?? value;

                if (enumType.IsEnum == false) throw new ArgumentException("Type must be an Enum.");

                _enumType = value;
            }
        }

        public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
        {
            var enumValues = Enum.GetValues(EnumType);

            return (from object enumValue in enumValues
                    select new EnumerationMember { Value = enumValue, Description = GetDescription(enumValue) }).ToArray
                ();
        }

        private string GetDescription(object enumValue)
        {
            var descriptionAttribute =
                EnumType.GetField(enumValue.ToString())
                    .GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false)
                    .FirstOrDefault() as DescriptionAttribute;


            return descriptionAttribute != null ? descriptionAttribute.Description : enumValue.ToString();
        }

        public class EnumerationMember
        {
            public string Description { get; set; }

            public object Value { get; set; }
        }
    }
}