5 files changed, 55 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp b/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
index a9060d4..0d80e05 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper.cpp
@@ -493,6 +493,22 @@ const std::string Image::getExifThumbnailData()
     return data;
 }
 
+void Image::eraseExifThumbnail()
+{
+    _getExifThumbnail()->erase();
+}
+
+void Image::setExifThumbnailFromFile(const std::string& path)
+{
+    _getExifThumbnail()->setJpegThumbnail(path);
+}
+
+void Image::setExifThumbnailFromData(const std::string& data)
+{
+    const Exiv2::byte* buffer = (const Exiv2::byte*) data.c_str();
+    _getExifThumbnail()->setJpegThumbnail(buffer, data.size());
+}
+
 
 ExifTag::ExifTag(const std::string& key, Exiv2::Exifdatum* datum, Exiv2::ExifData* data): _key(key)
 {
diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp b/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
index c94cafb..5058d56 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper.hpp
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ public:
     const std::string getExifThumbnailExtension();
     void writeExifThumbnailToFile(const std::string& path);
     const std::string getExifThumbnailData();
-    // TODO: other accessors (getters and setters)
+    void eraseExifThumbnail();
+    void setExifThumbnailFromFile(const std::string& path);
+    void setExifThumbnailFromData(const std::string& data);
 
     // Copy the metadata to another image.
     void copyMetadata(Image& other, bool exif=true, bool iptc=true, bool xmp=true) const;
diff --git a/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp b/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
index 4ede5f4..5b793f7 100644
--- a/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
+++ b/src/exiv2wrapper_python.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(libexiv2python)
         .def("_getExifThumbnailExtension", &Image::getExifThumbnailExtension)
         .def("_writeExifThumbnailToFile", &Image::writeExifThumbnailToFile)
         .def("_getExifThumbnailData", &Image::getExifThumbnailData)
+        .def("_eraseExifThumbnail", &Image::eraseExifThumbnail)
+        .def("_setExifThumbnailFromFile", &Image::setExifThumbnailFromFile)
+        .def("_setExifThumbnailFromData", &Image::setExifThumbnailFromData)
     ;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pyexiv2/exif.py b/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
index 5da21e6..0460104 100644
--- a/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
+++ b/src/pyexiv2/exif.py
@@ -418,7 +418,9 @@ class ExifTag(ListenerInterface):
 class ExifThumbnail(object):
 
     """
-    DOCME
+    A thumbnail image optionally embedded in the IFD1 segment of the EXIF data.
+
+    The image is either a TIFF or a JPEG image.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, _image):
@@ -443,10 +445,35 @@ class ExifThumbnail(object):
         :param path: path to write the thumbnail to (without an extension)
         :type path: string
         """
-        return self._image._writeExifThumbnailToFile(path)
+        self._image._writeExifThumbnailToFile(path)
 
-    @property
-    def data(self):
-        """The thumbnail image data buffer."""
+    def erase(self):
+        """
+        Delete the thumbnail from the EXIF data.
+        Removes all Exif.Thumbnail.*, i.e. Exif IFD1 tags.
+        """
+        self._image._eraseExifThumbnail()
+
+    def set_from_file(self, path):
+        """
+        Set the Exif thumbnail to the JPEG image path.
+        This sets only the Compression, JPEGInterchangeFormat and
+        JPEGInterchangeFormatLength tags, which is not all the thumbnail Exif
+        information mandatory according to the Exif standard
+        (but it is enough to work with the thumbnail).
+
+        :param path: path to a JPEG file to set the thumbnail to
+        :type path: string
+        """
+        self._image._setExifThumbnailFromFile(path)
+
+    def _get_data(self):
         return self._image._getExifThumbnailData()
 
+    def _set_data(self, data):
+        self._image._setExifThumbnailFromData(data)
+
+    data = property(fget=_get_data, fset=_set_data,
+                    doc='The raw thumbnail data. Setting it is restricted to ' +
+                        'a buffer in the JPEG format.')
+
diff --git a/src/pyexiv2/metadata.py b/src/pyexiv2/metadata.py
index a5f8be4..362b9ac 100644
--- a/src/pyexiv2/metadata.py
+++ b/src/pyexiv2/metadata.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class ImageMetadata(MutableMapping):
 
     @property
     def exif_thumbnail(self):
-        """DOCME."""
+        """A thumbnail image optionally embedded in the EXIF data."""
         if self._exif_thumbnail is None:
             self._exif_thumbnail = ExifThumbnail(self._image)
         return self._exif_thumbnail