CK.WPF.ViewModel.WPFImageProcessingHelper.ProcessImage C# (CSharp) Method

        public static Image ProcessImage( object imageData )
        {
            Image image = new Image();

            if (imageData is BitmapSource)
            {
                var img = new Image();
                img.Source = imageData as ImageSource;
                return img;
            }

            if( imageData is Image  )
            {
                //If a WPF image was stored in the PluginDatas, we use its source to create a NEW image instance, to enable using it multiple times.
                var img = new Image();
                var bitmapImage = new BitmapImage( new Uri( ( (Image)imageData ).Source.ToString() ) )
                {
                    CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad
                };

                img.Source = bitmapImage;
                return img;
            }

            string imageString = imageData.ToString();

            if( imageString.Length <= 260 && Uri.IsWellFormedUriString( imageString, UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute ) && !imageString.StartsWith( "pack://" ) && File.Exists( imageString ) ) //Handles URis
            {
                BitmapImage bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
                bitmapImage.BeginInit();
                bitmapImage.UriSource = new Uri( imageString );
                bitmapImage.EndInit();

                image.Source = bitmapImage;

                return image;
            }

            if( imageString.StartsWith( "pack://" ) ) //Handles the WPF "pack://" protocol
            {
                Image img = new Image();

                ImageSourceConverter imsc = new ImageSourceConverter();
                img.Source = (ImageSource)imsc.ConvertFromString( imageString );
                return img;
            }

            byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String( imageData.ToString() ); //Handles base 64 encoded images
            using( MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream( imageBytes ) )
            {
                BitmapImage bitmapImage = new BitmapImage();
                bitmapImage.BeginInit();
                bitmapImage.StreamSource = ms;
                bitmapImage.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;
                bitmapImage.EndInit();
                bitmapImage.Freeze();
                image.Source = bitmapImage;

            }
            return image;
        }