using System;

using System.Reflection;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using System.Linq;

using System.Linq.Expressions;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        #region Solution 1

        Console.WriteLine("Solution 1: Iterate all properties in class");

        PropertyInfo[] props = typeof(Model).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.GetProperty);

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        foreach (PropertyInfo prop in props)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(prop.ToName());

        }

        #endregion

        Console.WriteLine("---");

        #region Solution 2

        Console.WriteLine("Solution 2: Get property by expression");

        Console.WriteLine(ReflectionExtensions.ToNameByExpression((Model m) => m.FromDate));

        #endregion

    }

}

​

public static class ReflectionExtensions

{

    public static string ToName(this PropertyInfo propertyInfo)

    {

        try

        {

            object[] attributes = propertyInfo.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), false);

            if (attributes != null && attributes.Any())

                return ((DisplayAttribute)attributes[0]).Name;

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            return propertyInfo.Name;

        }

        catch

        {

            return propertyInfo.Name;

        }

    }

    public static string ToNameByExpression<T, P>(Expression<Func<T, P>> propertyExpression) where T : new ()

    {

        MemberExpression expression = propertyExpression.Body as MemberExpression;

        if (expression == null)

            return null;

        return (expression.Member as PropertyInfo)

            .ToName();

    }

}

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public class Model

{

    [Display(Name = "From Date")]

    public DateTime FromDate { get; set; }  

}