/// <summary>
/// Attempts to determine the ImageFormat of the source image. First attempts to parse the path, if a string is present in original.Tag. (or if 'original' is a string)
/// Falls back to using original.RawFormat. Returns null if both 'original' is null.
/// RawFormat has a bad reputation, so this may return unexpected values, like MemoryBitmap or something in some situations.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="original">The source image that was loaded from a stream, or a string path</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ImageFormat GetOriginalFormat(object original)
{
if (original == null)
{
return(null);
}
//Try to parse the original file extension first.
string path = original as string;
if (path == null && original is Image)
{
path = ((Image)original).Tag as string;
}
if (path == null && original is Image && ((Image)original).Tag is BitmapTag)
{
path = ((BitmapTag)((Image)original).Tag).Path;
}
//We have a path? Parse it!
if (path != null)
{
ImageFormat f = DefaultEncoder.GetImageFormatFromPhysicalPath(path);
if (f != null)
{
return(f); //From the path
}
}
//Ok, I guess if there (a) wasn't a path, or (b), it didn't have a recognizable extension
if (original is Image)
{
return(((Image)original).RawFormat);
}
return(null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Tries to parse an ImageFormat from the settings.Format value.
/// If an unrecognized format is specified, returns null.
/// If an unsupported format is specified, it is returned.
/// If *no* format is specified, returns defaultValue.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format"></param>
/// <param name="defaultValue"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ImageFormat GetRequestedFormat(string format, ImageFormat defaultValue)
{
ImageFormat f = null;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(format))
{
f = DefaultEncoder.GetImageFormatFromExtension(format);
return(f);
}
//Fallback. No encoder was explicitly specified, so let's try to infer it from the image data.
return(defaultValue);
}
