How to Get Enum Elements' Values and Descriptions

Below is an example of how to populate a collection from an Enumeration elements' values and Description attributes (names if Description attributes are not exist).

Say that we have the following Enum:

public enum EnumStatus
{
    [Description("Not Submitted")]
    NotSubmitted = 0,

    Requested = 1,

    [Description("Pending Approval")]
    PendingApproval = 2,

    Approved = 3,

    Rejected = 4
}

Then the code to get each element's value and Description attribute (or name) is:

var type = typeof(EnumStatus);
foreach (var field in type.GetFields().Where(f => f.FieldType == type))
{
    var attribute = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(field, typeof(System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute)) 
        as System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute;
    var value = field.GetValue(Activator.CreateInstance(type));
    myCollections.Add(
        new
        {
            Id = (int)value,
            Name = attribute != null ? attribute.Description : value.ToString() // or Enum.GetName(typeof(EnumStatus), value)
        }
    );
}