System.Drawing.Image for Images in Business Objects?

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Published on 2008-11-03T10:59:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 17:47 UTC
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Hi Folks

I'd like to store an image in a business object. In MSDN I saw that the System.Drawing-namespace provides lots of GDI+-features, etc.

Is it okay to store an Image in an System.Drawing.Image class in business layer (which is a class library "only"), and thus including a reference to System.Drawing too? I slightly feel just kind of bad doing that, 'cause it seems like I have UI-specific references in business code. Moreover, the code could become unnecessarily platform-dependant (though this is only a problem in theory, because we do not develop for multiple platforms).

If it isn't right that way, which type would fit best?

Thank you for any response!

Matthias

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