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An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

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An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.
// <copyright file="MainViewModel.cs" company="Nish Sivakumar">
// Copyright (c) Nish Sivakumar. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>

namespace ExifReaderWpfDemo
{
    using System;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
    using System.Windows.Input;
    using Microsoft.Win32;
    using System.Windows;
    using ExifReader;
    using System.Windows.Media;
    using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
    using System.Windows.Data;

    internal class MainViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private ICommand browseCommand;

        private ICommand exitCommand;

        private ICommand filterCommand;

        private string searchText = String.Empty;

        private ObservableCollection<ExifProperty> exifPropertiesInternal = new ObservableCollection<ExifProperty>();

        private CollectionViewSource exifProperties = new CollectionViewSource();

        private ImageSource previewImage;

        public MainViewModel()
        {
            exifProperties.Source = exifPropertiesInternal;
            exifProperties.Filter += ExifProperties_Filter;
        }

        public CollectionViewSource ExifProperties
        {
            get { return exifProperties; }
        }

        public ICommand BrowseCommand
        {
            get
            {
                return browseCommand ?? (browseCommand = new DelegateCommand(BrowseForImage));
            }
        }

        public ICommand ExitCommand
        {
            get
            {
                return exitCommand ?? (exitCommand = new DelegateCommand(() => Application.Current.Shutdown()));
            }
        }

        public ICommand FilterCommand
        {
            get
            {
                return filterCommand ?? (filterCommand = new DelegateCommand(() => exifProperties.View.Refresh()));
            }
        }

        public ImageSource PreviewImage
        {
            get
            {
                return previewImage;
            }

            set
            {
                if (previewImage != value)
                {
                    previewImage = value;
                    FirePropertyChanged("PreviewImage");
                }
            }
        }

        public string SearchText
        {
            get
            {
                return searchText;
            }

            set
            {
                if (searchText != value)
                {
                    searchText = value;
                    FirePropertyChanged("SearchText");
                }
            }
        }

        private void BrowseForImage()
        {
            OpenFileDialog fileDialog = new OpenFileDialog()
                {
                    Filter = "Image Files(*.PNG;*.JPG)|*.PNG;*.JPG;"
                };

            if (fileDialog.ShowDialog().GetValueOrDefault())
            {
                try
                {
                    ExifReader exifReader = new ExifReader(fileDialog.FileName);
                    exifPropertiesInternal.Clear();
                    this.SearchText = String.Empty;
                    foreach (var item in exifReader.GetExifProperties())
                    {
                        exifPropertiesInternal.Add(item);
                    }

                    this.PreviewImage = new BitmapImage(new Uri(fileDialog.FileName));
                }
                catch (ExifReaderException ex)
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "ExifReaderException was caught");
                }
            }
        }

        private void ExifProperties_Filter(object sender, FilterEventArgs e)
        {
            ExifProperty exifProperty = e.Item as ExifProperty;
            if (exifProperty == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            foreach (string body in new[] { exifProperty.ExifPropertyName, exifProperty.ExifTag.ToString(), exifProperty.ToString() })
            {
                e.Accepted = body.IndexOf(searchText, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1;

                if (e.Accepted)
                {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        private void FirePropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;

            if (handler != null)
            {
                handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
            }
        }
    }
}

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Nish Nishant is a technology enthusiast from Columbus, Ohio. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in various roles including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Solution Architect, Lead Software Architect, Principal Software Engineer, and Engineering/Architecture Team Leader. Nish is a 14-time recipient of the Microsoft Visual C++ MVP Award.

Nish authored C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications in 2005, and co-authored Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework for Addison Wesley in 2003. In addition, he has over 140 published technology articles on CodeProject.com and another 250+ blog articles on his WordPress blog. Nish is experienced in technology leadership, solution architecture, software architecture, cloud development (AWS and Azure), REST services, software engineering best practices, CI/CD, mentoring, and directing all stages of software development.

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