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EXIF Compare Utility using WPF

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12 Apr 2010CPOL8 min read 68.5K   1.1K   41  
The Exif Compare Utility is a WinDiff equivalent for image files that compares the Exif meta-data and displays the differences and similarities. The application is written using WPF and MVVM.
// <copyright file="ExifReaderTypeDescriptionProvider.cs" company="Nish Sivakumar">
// Copyright (c) Nish Sivakumar. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>

namespace ExifReader
{
    using System;
    using System.ComponentModel;

    /// <summary>
    /// Implements a TypeDescriptionProvider for ExifReader
    /// </summary>
    internal class ExifReaderTypeDescriptionProvider : TypeDescriptionProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The default TypeDescriptionProvider to use
        /// </summary>
        private static TypeDescriptionProvider defaultTypeProvider = TypeDescriptor.GetProvider(typeof(ExifReader));

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ExifReaderTypeDescriptionProvider class.
        /// </summary>
        public ExifReaderTypeDescriptionProvider()
            : base(defaultTypeProvider)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a custom type descriptor for the given type and object.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="objectType">The type of object for which to retrieve the type descriptor</param>
        /// <param name="instance">An instance of the type.</param>
        /// <returns>Returns a custom type descriptor</returns>
        public override ICustomTypeDescriptor GetTypeDescriptor(Type objectType, object instance)
        {
            ICustomTypeDescriptor defaultDescriptor = base.GetTypeDescriptor(objectType, instance);

            return instance == null ? defaultDescriptor : new ExifReaderCustomTypeDescriptor(defaultDescriptor, instance);
        }
    }
}

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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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