Update ResourceHelper.cs

Author: draza67

Mvc.JQuery.Datatables/ResourceHelper.cs

@@ -23,4 +23,55 @@ public static T GetResourceLookup<T>(Type resourceType, string resourceName)
             return default(T);
         }
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Group of helpers that gets Display attributes values from Enum members
+    /// DražaM
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EnumHelper
+    {
+        public static string DisplayName(this Enum value)
+        {
+            Type enumType = value.GetType();
+            var enumValue = Enum.GetName(enumType, value);
+            MemberInfo member = enumType.GetMember(enumValue)[0];
+
+            var attrs = member.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false);
+            var outString = member.Name;
+            if (attrs.Length > 0)
+            {
+
+                if (((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).ResourceType != null)
+                {
+                    outString = ((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).GetName();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    outString = ((DisplayAttribute)attrs[0]).Name;
+                }
+            }
+            return outString;
+        }
+
+        public static List<string> AllDisplayNames(this Type tip)
+        {
+            List<string> exitList = new List<string>();
+            foreach (string r in Enum.GetNames(tip))
+            {
+                exitList.Add(((Enum)Enum.Parse(tip, r)).DisplayName());
+            };
+            return exitList;
+        }
+
+        public static object[] EnumValLabPairs(this Type type)
+        {
+            var vals = Enum.GetNames(type).Cast<object>().ToArray();
+            var lbls = type.AllDisplayNames().Cast<object>().ToArray();
+            var result = new List<object>();
+
+            for (var x = 0; x <= vals.Length - 1; x++) { result.Add(new { value = vals[x], label = lbls[x] }); }
+
+            return result.ToArray<object>();
+        }
+    }
 }