Save XAML Files In Any Image Format

Generic class implementation as follows, to save xaml files in any image format.

System;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Markup;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;

namespace Utilities
{
    public class XAMLImageCreator
    {
         /// <summary>
        /// Converts the specified xaml input.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="xamlInput">The xaml input.</param>
        /// <param name="width">The width.</param>
        /// <param name="height">The height.</param>
        /// <param name="imgOutput">The img output.</param>
        /// <param name="replacements">The replacements.</param>
        /// <param name="encoder">The encoder.</param>
        public void Convert(Stream xamlInput, double width, double height, Stream imgOutput,
            List<DependencyPropertyReplacement> replacements, BitmapEncoder encoder)
        {
            Thread imgThread = new Thread((ThreadStart)delegate()
            {
                FrameworkElement element = XamlReader.Load(xamlInput) as FrameworkElement;

                 if (replacements != null)
                 {
                     foreach (DependencyPropertyReplacement replacement in replacements)
                    {
                        DependencyObject replacementElement =
                            element.FindName(replacement.ElementName) as DependencyObject;

                          if (null != replacementElement)
                          {
                              //Get the type of the current replacementElement
                            Type t                  = replacementElement.GetType();
                              //Get the field info of the current replacementElement
                            FieldInfo fieldInfo     = t.GetField(replacement.PropertyName,
                               BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy | BindingFlags.Public);

                              if (null != fieldInfo)
                            {
                                DependencyProperty dp = (DependencyProperty)fieldInfo.GetValue(null);
                                replacementElement.SetValue(dp, replacement.Value);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                Size renderingSize = new Size(width, height);
                element.Measure(renderingSize);
                Rect renderingRectangle = new Rect(renderingSize);
                element.Arrange(renderingRectangle);

                BitmapSource xamlBitmap = RenderToBitmap(element);

                 //Add the frame to the encoder
                 encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(xamlBitmap));
                  //Used the user-defined encoder to save the output in the desired format
                encoder.Save(imgOutput);

            });

            imgThread.IsBackground = true;
            imgThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
            imgThread.Start();
            imgThread.Join();
        }

         /// <summary>
        /// Renders to bitmap.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="target">The target.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        private BitmapSource RenderToBitmap(FrameworkElement target)
        {
            Rect bounds = VisualTreeHelper.GetDescendantBounds(target);
            RenderTargetBitmap renderBitmap = new RenderTargetBitmap((int)target.ActualWidth,
               (int)target.ActualHeight,
              96, 96, PixelFormats.Pbgra32);

            DrawingVisual visual = new DrawingVisual();
             using (DrawingContext context = visual.RenderOpen())
            {
                VisualBrush brush = new VisualBrush(target);
                context.DrawRectangle(brush, null, new Rect(new Point(), bounds.Size));
             }
             renderBitmap.Render(visual);
             return renderBitmap;
        }
     }

    /// <summary>
    /// DependencyPropertyReplacement
    /// </summary>
  public class DependencyPropertyReplacement
  {
       /// <summary>
      /// Gets or sets the name of the element.
      /// </summary>
      /// <value>The name of the element.</value>
    public string ElementName
    {
       get;
      set;
     }

    /// <summary>
    ///
    /// </summary>
    private string _propertyName;

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the name of the property.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>The name of the property.</value>
    public string PropertyName
    {
      get { return _propertyName; }
      set
       {
        if (value == null)
        {
           value = "";
        }
         if (!value.EndsWith("Property"))
        {
           value += "Property";
        }
        _propertyName = value;
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the value.
    /// </summary>
    /// <value>The value.</value>
    public object Value
    {
      get;
      set;
    }
  }
}