title: Get the values and description from Enum using DataContracts
body: <p>I have a Service Data Contract as</p>
  
  <pre><code>public enum AddressType
      {
          [Description("Billing Address")]
          Billing = 0
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and if i give the reference to the page then the description not appears.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[DataContract(Name = "AddressType", Namespace = "http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MyEnums.Enums")]
  public enum AddressType
  {
      [EnumMember]
      Billing = 0
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to get the value and description in c#?</p>
  
  <p>I will pass the AddressType and inside the AddressType all the values including the description needs to bind to the drop down list.</p>