Obtener el atributo [DisplayName] de una propiedad de forma fuertemente escrita

Tarde para el juego, pero...

Creé un método de ayuda usando ModelMetadata como @ Daniel mencionó y pensé en compartirlo:

public static string GetDisplayName<TModel, TProperty>(
      this TModel model
    , Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
{
    return ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression<TModel, TProperty>(
        expression,
        new ViewDataDictionary<TModel>(model)
        ).DisplayName;
}

Ejemplo de uso:

Models:

public class MySubObject
{
    [DisplayName("Sub-Awesome!")]
    public string Sub { get; set; }
}

public class MyObject
{
    [DisplayName("Awesome!")]
    public MySubObject Prop { get; set; }
}

Use:

HelperNamespace.GetDisplayName(Model, m => m.Prop) // "Awesome!"
HelperNamespace.GetDisplayName(Model, m => m.Prop.Sub) // "Sub-Awesome!"

Solo haz esto:

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;

namespace yournamespace
{
    public static class ExtensionMethods
    {
        public static string GetDisplayName(this PropertyInfo prop)
        {
            if (prop.CustomAttributes == null || prop.CustomAttributes.Count() == 0)
                return prop.Name;

            var displayNameAttribute = prop.CustomAttributes.Where(x => x.AttributeType == typeof(DisplayNameAttribute)).FirstOrDefault();

            if (displayNameAttribute == null || displayNameAttribute.ConstructorArguments == null || displayNameAttribute.ConstructorArguments.Count == 0)
                return prop.Name;

            return displayNameAttribute.ConstructorArguments[0].Value.ToString() ?? prop.Name;
        }
    }
}

Ejemplo según lo solicitado:

var props = typeof(YourType).GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance).Where(p => p.CanRead);

var propFriendlyNames = props.Select(x => x.GetDisplayName());

Estoy totalmente de acuerdo con la solución BuildStarted proporcionada. Lo único que cambiaría es que el ExtensionsMethode no admite traducciones. Para apoyar esto es simple cambio menor es necesario. Lo habría incluido en los comentarios, pero no tengo suficientes puntos para hacerlo. Busque la última línea en el método.

El Método De Extensión

public static string GetDisplayName<TModel, TProperty>(this TModel model, Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
{
        Type type = typeof(TModel);
        IEnumerable<string> propertyList;

        //unless it's a root property the expression NodeType will always be Convert
        switch (expression.Body.NodeType)
        {
            case ExpressionType.Convert:
            case ExpressionType.ConvertChecked:
                var ue = expression.Body as UnaryExpression;
                propertyList = (ue != null ? ue.Operand : null).ToString().Split(".".ToCharArray()).Skip(1); //don't use the root property
                break;
            default:
                propertyList = expression.Body.ToString().Split(".".ToCharArray()).Skip(1);
                break;
        }

        //the propert name is what we're after
        string propertyName = propertyList.Last();
        //list of properties - the last property name
        string[] properties = propertyList.Take(propertyList.Count() - 1).ToArray();

        Expression expr = null;
        foreach (string property in properties)
        {
            PropertyInfo propertyInfo = type.GetProperty(property);
            expr = Expression.Property(expr, type.GetProperty(property));
            type = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
        }

        DisplayAttribute attr = (DisplayAttribute)type.GetProperty(propertyName).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault();

        // Look for [MetadataType] attribute in type hierarchy
        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1910532/attribute-isdefined-doesnt-see-attributes-applied-with-metadatatype-class
        if (attr == null)
        {
            MetadataTypeAttribute metadataType = (MetadataTypeAttribute)type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MetadataTypeAttribute), true).FirstOrDefault();
            if (metadataType != null)
            {
                var property = metadataType.MetadataClassType.GetProperty(propertyName);
                if (property != null)
                {
                    attr = (DisplayAttribute)property.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayNameAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault();
                }
            }
        }
        //To support translations call attr.GetName() instead of attr.Name
        return (attr != null) ? attr.GetName() : String.Empty;
 }

Hago un Pequeño cambio es que está utilizando recursos para obtener el DisplayName

    public static string GetDisplayName<TModel>(Expression<Func<TModel, object>> expression)
  {

     string _ReturnValue = string.Empty;

     Type type = typeof(TModel);

     string propertyName = null;
     string[] properties = null;
     IEnumerable<string> propertyList;
     //unless it's a root property the expression NodeType will always be Convert
     switch (expression.Body.NodeType)
     {
        case ExpressionType.Convert:
        case ExpressionType.ConvertChecked:
           var ue = expression.Body as UnaryExpression;
           propertyList = (ue != null ? ue.Operand : null).ToString().Split(".".ToCharArray()).Skip(1); //don't use the root property
           break;
        default:
           propertyList = expression.Body.ToString().Split(".".ToCharArray()).Skip(1);
           break;
     }

     //the propert name is what we're after
     propertyName = propertyList.Last();
     //list of properties - the last property name
     properties = propertyList.Take(propertyList.Count() - 1).ToArray(); //grab all the parent properties

     Expression expr = null;
     foreach (string property in properties)
     {
        PropertyInfo propertyInfo = type.GetProperty(property);
        expr = Expression.Property(expr, type.GetProperty(property));
        type = propertyInfo.PropertyType;
     }

     DisplayAttribute attr;
     attr = (DisplayAttribute)type.GetProperty(propertyName).GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault();

     // Look for [MetadataType] attribute in type hierarchy
     // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1910532/attribute-isdefined-doesnt-see-attributes-applied-with-metadatatype-class
     if (attr == null)
     {
        MetadataTypeAttribute metadataType = (MetadataTypeAttribute)type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(MetadataTypeAttribute), true).FirstOrDefault();
        if (metadataType != null)
        {
           var property = metadataType.MetadataClassType.GetProperty(propertyName);
           if (property != null)
           {
              attr = (DisplayAttribute)property.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DisplayNameAttribute), true).SingleOrDefault();
           }
        }
     }

     if (attr != null && attr.ResourceType != null)
        _ReturnValue = attr.ResourceType.GetProperty(attr.Name).GetValue(attr).ToString();
     else if (attr != null)
        _ReturnValue = attr.Name;

     return _ReturnValue;
  }

Feliz Codificación

He encontrado otro buen fragmento de código aquí , y lo he modificado ligeramente para el propósito' DisplayName '

    public static string GetDisplayName<TSource, TProperty>(Expression<Func<TSource, TProperty>> expression)
    {
        var attribute = Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(((MemberExpression)expression.Body).Member, typeof(DisplayNameAttribute)) as DisplayNameAttribute;

        if (attribute == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentException($"Expression '{expression}' doesn't have DisplayAttribute");
        }

        return attribute.DisplayName;
    }

Y usos

GetDisplayName<ModelName, string>(i => i.PropertyName)

Otro fragmento de código con code. Net se usa para realizar esto

public static class WebModelExtensions
{
    public static string GetDisplayName<TModel, TProperty>(
      this HtmlHelper<TModel> html, 
      Expression<Func<TModel, TProperty>> expression)
    {
        // Taken from LabelExtensions
        var metadata = ModelMetadata.FromLambdaExpression(expression, html.ViewData);

        string displayName = metadata.DisplayName;
        if (displayName == null)
        {
            string propertyName = metadata.PropertyName;
            if (propertyName == null)
            {
                var htmlFieldName = ExpressionHelper.GetExpressionText(expression);
                displayName = ((IEnumerable<string>) htmlFieldName.Split('.')).Last<string>();
            }
            else
                displayName = propertyName;
        }

        return displayName;
    }
}
// Usage
Html.GetDisplayName(model => model.Password)