coded domain values/descriptions

[Town_ofSnowflake]

How do I set my coded value descriptions to appear in popups, html code, etc rather than actual coded value for subtypes.  For example I'd like to see "Observation" (subtype description) rather than "2" (subtype value).  I'm using ArcGIS Desktop/Server 10.0 and I'm building a web application with the javascript API (2.8).

[Town_ofSnowflake]

... and I'm looking for am alternative where I don't have to set up some sort of dictionary/conditional statement for every coded value like this:

if (attr.eventType == '2') {
var eventtype = "Observation";
};