Image UriSource and Data Binding

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WPF has built-in converters for certain types. If you bind the Image’s Source property to a string or Uri value, under the hood WPF will use an ImageSourceConverter to convert the value to an ImageSource.

So

<Image Source="{Binding ImageSource}"/>

would work if the ImageSource property was a string representation of a valid URI to an image.

You can of course roll your own Binding converter:

public class ImageConverter : IValueConverter
{
    public object Convert(
        object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        return new BitmapImage(new Uri(value.ToString()));
    }

    public object ConvertBack(
        object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
    {
        throw new NotSupportedException();
    }
}

and use it like this:

<Image Source="{Binding ImageSource, Converter={StaticResource ImageConverter}}"/>

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