source/Trek-12/Models/Game/Base64Converter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using Models.Interfaces;
+
+namespace Models.Game
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converter to Base64
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Base64Converter : IImageConverter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts an image to a base64 string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="imagePath">The path to access the image</param>
+        /// <returns>The base64 string representation of the image</returns>
+        /// <exception cref="FileNotFoundException">Native .NET exception</exception>
+        public string ConvertImage(string imagePath)
+        {
+            if (!File.Exists(imagePath))
+            {
+                // native .NET exception
+                throw new FileNotFoundException("Image file not found", imagePath);
+            }
+
+            byte[] imageBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(imagePath);
+            return Convert.ToBase64String(imageBytes);
+        }
+    }
+}

source/Trek-12/Models/Interfaces/IImageConverter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace Models.Interfaces
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface for image converters
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IImageConverter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converter to any type that can be converted to a string (ex: Base64)
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="imagePath"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        string ConvertImage(string imagePath);
+    }
+}

source/Trek-12/Models/Models.csproj

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Folder Include="Game\" />
 	  <Folder Include="Rules\" />
   </ItemGroup>