Question

In a WinRT .NET application (C#) I want to get the custom attributes, that are defined on an enum value. Take the following enum for example:

public enum MyEnum
{
    [Display(Name="Foo")]
    EnumValue1,

    [Display(Name="Bar")]
    EnumValue2
}

Now in “normal” .NET I know that I’m able to obtain the custom attributes of an enum value with enumValue.GetType().GetMember(enumValue.ToString()).

Unfortunately, in WinRT .NET the GetMember() method isn’t available on the Type class.
Any suggestions how to go with this?

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Thanks to Marc below, I found the answer!
The following code works to get a specific custom attribute from an enum value in .NET 4.5 WinRT:

public static class EnumHelper
{
    public static T GetAttribute<T>(this Enum enumValue)
        where T : Attribute
    {
        return enumValue
            .GetType()
            .GetTypeInfo()
            .GetDeclaredField(enumValue.ToString())
            .GetCustomAttribute<T>();
    }
}

Answer 1

Rather than looking for members, you should perhaps look specifically for fields. If that isn’t available on the Type in WinRT, add using System.Reflection; and use type.GetTypeInfo() and look on there too, as various reflection facets are moved to the type-info.