Pass a C# property name as a parameter to an utility class method

is possible pass property of class method (outside of class) , retrieve property's description?

for example:

public class foo  {    [description("tells whether true or not.")]    public bool someflag;      public dosomethingneat()    {      myutility.getdescription(someflag);    }  }

and pseudo-code in utility class:

public static class myutility  {    public static string getdescription(??? property)    {      return property.description;    }  }

suppose might necessary additionally pass type property belongs to.

gaea.  i cooked same thing earlier.  might post confirmation idea of using expression reasonable way of identifying member access @ compile time (as opposed string.)

the function "getdescription" gets description of member accessing in given lambda expression.

using system; using system.componentmodel; using system.linq.expressions;  public class foo {     [description( "the first property." )]     public int property1;      [description( "the second property." )]     public string property2; }  class program {     static string getdescription<t>( expression<func<t>> expr )     {         var mexpr = expr.body memberexpression;         if( mexpr == null ) return null;         if( mexpr.member == null ) return null;         object[] attrs = mexpr.member.getcustomattributes( typeof( descriptionattribute ), false );         if( attrs == null || attrs.length == 0 ) return null;         descriptionattribute desc = attrs[0] descriptionattribute;         if( desc == null ) return null;         return desc.description;     }      static void main( string[] args )     {         foo foo = new foo();         console.writeline( getdescription( () => foo.property1 ) );         console.writeline( getdescription( () => foo.property2 ) );     } } 

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