Getting the full name of a feature by code

When you use the SPFeatureDefinition object, and you want to get the name of the feature you are manipulating, the "DisplayName" property of that object returns a string that is NOT the display name of the feature as you see it when you view the feature list on the site. For example, the display name of "Publishing Infrastructure" feature will be returned as "PublishingSite".

The reason is that the feature list is showing a localized version of the display name - so depending on the language of the site, the name of the feature displayed will be different than the display name the object exposes.

So, how to get the full display name? the SPFeatureDefinition object has a function called "GetTitle", which, when specifying a language, will return the full name of the feature. The following code sample loops over all features installed in the local farm, and using the English locale:

 foreach (SPFeatureDefinition def in SPFarm.Local.FeatureDefinitions)

                    {

                        CultureInfo locale = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");   

                                                if (def.Hidden)

                            continue;

                        Console.WriteLine(def.GetTitle(locale) + ":" + def.Id.ToString());

                        }