describeEnum function

String describeEnum (Object enumEntry)

Returns a short description of an enum value.

Strips off the enum class name from the enumEntry.toString().

enum Day {
  monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday
}

void validateDescribeEnum() {
  assert(Day.monday.toString() == 'Day.monday');
  assert(describeEnum(Day.monday) == 'monday');
}

Implementation 

String describeEnum(Object enumEntry) {
  final String description = enumEntry.toString();
  final int indexOfDot = description.indexOf('.');
  assert(indexOfDot != -1 && indexOfDot < description.length - 1);
  return description.substring(indexOfDot + 1);
}