Data bind enum properties to grid and display description

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Published on 2009-10-08T20:05:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/19 17:53 UTC
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This is a similar question to How to bind a custom Enum description to a DataGrid, but in my case I have multiple properties.

public enum ExpectationResult
{
    [Description("-")]
    NoExpectation,

    [Description("Passed")]
    Pass,

    [Description("FAILED")]
    Fail
}

public class TestResult
{
    public string TestDescription { get; set; }
    public ExpectationResult RequiredExpectationResult { get; set; }
    public ExpectationResult NonRequiredExpectationResult { get; set; }
}

I'm binding a BindingList<TestResult> to a WinForms DataGridView (actually a DevExpress.XtraGrid.GridControl, but a generic solution would be more widely applicable). I want the descriptions to appear rather than the enum names. How can I accomplish this? (There are no constraints on the class/enum/attributes; I can change them at will.)

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