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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="GpsTimePropertyFormatter.cs" company="Nish Sivakumar">
// Copyright (c) Nish Sivakumar. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>

namespace ExifReader.PropertyFormatters
{
    using System;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Linq;

    /// <summary>
    /// An IExifPropertyFormatter specific to the Gps Time property
    /// </summary>
    internal class GpsTimePropertyFormatter : IExifPropertyFormatter
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a display name for this property
        /// </summary>
        public string DisplayName
        {
            get
            {
                return "GPS Time";
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a formatted string for a given Exif value
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="exifValue">The source Exif value</param>
        /// <returns>The formatted string</returns>
        public string GetFormattedString(IExifValue exifValue)
        {
            var values = exifValue.Values.Cast<Rational32>();
            if (values.Count() != 3)
            {
                return String.Empty;
            }

            return String.Format("{0}:{1}:{2}", (int)(double)values.ElementAt(0), (int)(double)values.ElementAt(1), (int)(double)values.ElementAt(2));
        }
    }
}

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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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