Enum

inspired by Enum, here's my version... it still needs to work with resources, but works otherwise.

public static class Enum <T>
{
          
 public static T Parse ( string name )
 {
  return ( T ) Enum.Parse ( typeof ( T ), name );
 }
                      
 public static IEnumerable < T > GetValues ( )
 {
  foreach ( T value in Enum.GetValues ( typeof ( T ) ) )
  {
   yield return value;
  }
 }
        

 public static IEnumerable<AttributeType> GetAttributes <AttributeType> ( T value ) where AttributeType : Attribute
 {
  FieldInfo fieldInfo = typeof ( T ).GetField ( value.ToString ( ) );
                        

  if (fieldInfo != null)
  {
   foreach ( object customAttribute in fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes ( typeof ( AttributeType ), false )  )
   {
    yield return customAttribute as AttributeType;
   }
  }
 }
              
 public static IList<AttributeType> GetAttributeList <AttributeType> ( T value ) where AttributeType : Attribute
 {
  return new List<AttributeType> ( GetAttributes<AttributeType> ( value ) );
 }
    
 public static string GetDescription( T value )
 {
  IList< DescriptionAttribute > attributeList = GetAttributeList<DescriptionAttribute> ( value );
        
  if (attributeList.Count < 1)
   return value.ToString();
          
  return attributeList[ 0 ].Description;
 }
}