I'm not sure how much this helps, but I use an extension method on Enum that looks like this:
/// <summary>
/// Returns the value of the description attribute attached to an enum value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="en"></param>
/// <returns>The text from the System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute associated with the enumeration value.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// To use this, create an enum and mark its members with a [Description("My Descr")] attribute.
/// Then when you call this extension method, you will receive "My Descr".
/// </remarks>
/// <example><code>
/// enum MyEnum {
/// [Description("Some Descriptive Text")]
/// EnumVal1,
///
/// [Description("Some More Descriptive Text")]
/// EnumVal2
/// }
///
/// static void Main(string[] args) {
/// Console.PrintLine( MyEnum.EnumVal1.GetDescription() );
/// }
/// </code>
///
/// This will result in the output "Some Descriptive Text".
/// </example>
public static string GetDescription(this Enum en)
{
var type = en.GetType();
var memInfo = type.GetMember(en.ToString());
if (memInfo != null && memInfo.Length > 0)
{
var attrs = memInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
if (attrs != null && attrs.Length > 0)
return ((DescriptionAttribute)attrs[0]).Description;
}
return en.ToString();
}
You could use a custom property getter on your object to return the name:
public class TestResult
{
public string TestDescription { get; set; }
public ExpectationResult RequiredExpectationResult { get; set; }
public ExpectationResult NonRequiredExpectationResult { get; set; }
/* *** added these new property getters *** */
public string RequiredExpectationResultDescr { get { return this.RequiredExpectationResult.GetDescription(); } }
public string NonRequiredExpectationResultDescr { get { return this.NonRequiredExpectationResult.GetDescription(); } }
}
Then bind your grid to the "RequiredExpectationResultDescr" and "NonRequiredExpectationResultDescr" properties.
That might be a little over-complicated, but its the 1st thing I came up with :)