Utility class and namespace

Dalamud/Utility/EnumExtensions.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Dalamud.Utility
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods for enums.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class EnumExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets an attribute on an enum.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TAttribute">The type of attribute to get.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="value">The enum value that has an attached attribute.</param>
+        /// <returns>The attached attribute, if any.</returns>
+        public static TAttribute GetAttribute<TAttribute>(this Enum value)
+            where TAttribute : Attribute
+        {
+            var type = value.GetType();
+            var name = Enum.GetName(type, value);
+            return type.GetField(name) // I prefer to get attributes this way
+                       .GetCustomAttributes(false)
+                       .OfType<TAttribute>()
+                       .SingleOrDefault();
+        }
+    }
+}