EnumDescriptionTypeConverter class

From:http://karmian.org/net-tips-tricks-examples-articles/enum-description-typeconverter
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;
 
namespace Karmian.Core.TypeConverters
{
  public class EnumDescriptionTypeConverter : EnumConverter
  {
    public EnumDescriptionTypeConverter(Type type) : base(type)
    {
    }
 
    public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType)
    {
      return sourceType == typeof(string) || TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(typeof(Enum)).CanConvertFrom(context, sourceType);
    }
 
    public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
    {
      if (value is string)
        return GetEnumValue(EnumType, (string) value);
      if (value is Enum)
        return GetEnumDescription((Enum) value);
      return base.ConvertFrom(context, culture, value);
    }
 
    public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value, Type destinationType)
    {
      return value is Enum && destinationType == typeof(string)
          ? GetEnumDescription((Enum)value)
          : (value is string && destinationType == typeof(string)
            ? GetEnumDescription(EnumType, (string)value)
            : base.ConvertTo(context, culture, value, destinationType));
    }
 
    public static string GetEnumDescription(Enum value)
    {
      var fieldInfo = value.GetType().GetField(value.ToString());
      var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
      return (attributes.Length > 0) ? attributes[0].Description : value.ToString();
    }
 
    public static string GetEnumDescription(Type value, string name)
    {
      var fieldInfo = value.GetField(name);
      var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
      return (attributes.Length > 0) ? attributes[0].Description : name;
    }
 
    public static object GetEnumValue(Type value, string description)
    {
      var fields = value.GetFields();
      foreach (var fieldInfo in fields)
      {
        var attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])fieldInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
        if (attributes.Length > 0 && attributes[0].Description == description)
          return fieldInfo.GetValue(fieldInfo.Name);
        if (fieldInfo.Name == description)
          return fieldInfo.GetValue(fieldInfo.Name);
      }
      return description;
    }
  }
}

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using Karmian.Core.TypeConverters;
 
namespace GoldenSharp.Common
{
  [TypeConverter(typeof(EnumDescriptionTypeConverter))]
  public enum TargetFramework
  {
    [Description("Default")]
    Default,
    [Description("ISO-1")]
    ISO_1,
    [Description("ISO-2")]
    ISO_2,
    [Description("C# 3.0")]
    CS_3
  }
}