Implemented the IEncoderOptions inside the gif encoder.

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifConstants.cs

@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 
 namespace ImageSharp.Formats
 {
+    using System.Text;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Constants that define specific points within a gif.
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class GifConstants
+    internal static class GifConstants
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// The file type.
@@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         /// </summary>
         public const byte CommentLabel = 0xFE;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The name of the property inside the image properties for the comments.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const string Comments = "Comments";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The maximum comment length.
         /// </summary>
@@ -79,5 +86,10 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         /// The end introducer trailer <value>;</value>.
         /// </summary>
         public const byte EndIntroducer = 0x3B;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the default encoding to use when reading comments.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static Encoding DefaultEncoding { get; } = Encoding.GetEncoding("ASCII");
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
                 {
                     this.currentStream.Read(commentsBuffer, 0, length);
                     string comments = this.options.TextEncoding.GetString(commentsBuffer, 0, length);
-                    this.decodedImage.MetaData.Properties.Add(new ImageProperty("Comments", comments));
+                    this.decodedImage.MetaData.Properties.Add(new ImageProperty(GifConstants.Comments, comments));
                 }
                 finally
                 {

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifDecoderOptions.cs

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class GifDecoderOptions : DecoderOptions, IGifDecoderOptions
     {
-        private static readonly Encoding DefaultEncoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("ASCII");
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GifDecoderOptions"/> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the encoding that should be used when reading comments.
         /// </summary>
-        public Encoding TextEncoding { get; set; } = DefaultEncoding;
+        public Encoding TextEncoding { get; set; } = GifConstants.DefaultEncoding;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts the options to a <see cref="IGifDecoderOptions"/> instance with a cast

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifEncoder.cs

@@ -8,40 +8,31 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
     using System;
     using System.IO;
 
-    using ImageSharp.Quantizers;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Image encoder for writing image data to a stream in gif format.
     /// </summary>
     public class GifEncoder : IImageEncoder
     {
-        /// <summary>
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        /// Gets or sets the quality of output for images.
+        public void Encode<TColor>(Image<TColor> image, Stream stream, IEncoderOptions options)
-        /// </summary>
+            where TColor : struct, IPackedPixel, IEquatable<TColor>
-        /// <remarks>For gifs the value ranges from 1 to 256.</remarks>
+        {
-        public int Quality { get; set; }
+            IGifEncoderOptions gifOptions = GifEncoderOptions.Create(options);
 
-        /// <summary>
+            this.Encode(image, stream, gifOptions);
-        /// Gets or sets the transparency threshold.
+        }
-        /// </summary>
-        public byte Threshold { get; set; } = 128;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the quantizer for reducing the color count.
+        /// Encodes the image to the specified stream from the <see cref="Image{TColor}"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public IQuantizer Quantizer { get; set; }
+        /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
-
+        /// <param name="image">The <see cref="Image{TColor}"/> to encode from.</param>
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        /// <param name="stream">The <see cref="Stream"/> to encode the image data to.</param>
-        public void Encode<TColor>(Image<TColor> image, Stream stream, IEncoderOptions options)
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
+        public void Encode<TColor>(Image<TColor> image, Stream stream, IGifEncoderOptions options)
             where TColor : struct, IPixel<TColor>
         {
-            GifEncoderCore encoder = new GifEncoderCore
+            GifEncoderCore encoder = new GifEncoderCore(options);
-            {
-                Quality = this.Quality,
-                Quantizer = this.Quantizer,
-                Threshold = this.Threshold
-            };
-
             encoder.Encode(image, stream);
         }
     }

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs

@@ -24,20 +24,23 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
         private readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[16];
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The number of bits requires to store the image palette.
+        /// The options for the encoder.
         /// </summary>
-        private int bitDepth;
+        private readonly IGifEncoderOptions options;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the quality of output for images.
+        /// The number of bits requires to store the image palette.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>For gifs the value ranges from 1 to 256.</remarks>
+        private int bitDepth;
-        public int Quality { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the transparency threshold.
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GifEncoderCore"/> class.
         /// </summary>
-        public byte Threshold { get; set; } = 128;
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
+        public GifEncoderCore(IGifEncoderOptions options)
+        {
+            this.options = options ?? new GifEncoderOptions();
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the quantizer for reducing the color count.
@@ -56,23 +59,20 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
             Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
             Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
 
-            if (this.Quantizer == null)
+            this.Quantizer = this.options.Quantizer ?? new OctreeQuantizer<TColor>();
-            {
-                this.Quantizer = new OctreeQuantizer<TColor>();
-            }
 
             // Do not use IDisposable pattern here as we want to preserve the stream.
             EndianBinaryWriter writer = new EndianBinaryWriter(Endianness.LittleEndian, stream);
 
             // Ensure that quality can be set but has a fallback.
-            int quality = this.Quality > 0 ? this.Quality : image.MetaData.Quality;
+            int quality = this.options.Quality > 0 ? this.options.Quality : image.MetaData.Quality;
-            this.Quality = quality > 0 ? quality.Clamp(1, 256) : 256;
+            quality = quality > 0 ? quality.Clamp(1, 256) : 256;
 
             // Get the number of bits.
-            this.bitDepth = ImageMaths.GetBitsNeededForColorDepth(this.Quality);
+            this.bitDepth = ImageMaths.GetBitsNeededForColorDepth(quality);
 
             // Quantize the image returning a palette.
-            QuantizedImage<TColor> quantized = ((IQuantizer<TColor>)this.Quantizer).Quantize(image, this.Quality);
+            QuantizedImage<TColor> quantized = ((IQuantizer<TColor>)this.Quantizer).Quantize(image, quality);
 
             int index = this.GetTransparentIndex(quantized);
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
 
             // Write the first frame.
             this.WriteGraphicalControlExtension(image, writer, index);
+            this.WriteComments(image, writer);
             this.WriteImageDescriptor(image, writer);
             this.WriteColorTable(quantized, writer);
             this.WriteImageData(quantized, writer);
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
                 for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
                 {
                     ImageFrame<TColor> frame = image.Frames[i];
-                    QuantizedImage<TColor> quantizedFrame = ((IQuantizer<TColor>)this.Quantizer).Quantize(frame, this.Quality);
+                    QuantizedImage<TColor> quantizedFrame = ((IQuantizer<TColor>)this.Quantizer).Quantize(frame, quality);
 
                     this.WriteGraphicalControlExtension(frame, writer, this.GetTransparentIndex(quantizedFrame));
                     this.WriteImageDescriptor(frame, writer);
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
                 }
             }
 
-            // TODO: Write Comments extension etc
+            // TODO: Write extension etc
             writer.Write(GifConstants.EndIntroducer);
         }
 
@@ -229,6 +230,39 @@ namespace ImageSharp.Formats
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the image comments to the stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="image">The <see cref="ImageBase{TColor}"/> to be encoded.</param>
+        /// <param name="writer">The stream to write to.</param>
+        private void WriteComments<TColor>(Image<TColor> image, EndianBinaryWriter writer)
+            where TColor : struct, IPackedPixel, IEquatable<TColor>
+        {
+            if (this.options.IgnoreMetadata == true)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            ImageProperty property = image.MetaData.Properties.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == GifConstants.Comments);
+            if (property == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(property.Value))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            byte[] comments = this.options.TextEncoding.GetBytes(property.Value);
+
+            int count = Math.Min(comments.Length, 255);
+
+            this.buffer[0] = GifConstants.ExtensionIntroducer;
+            this.buffer[1] = GifConstants.CommentLabel;
+            this.buffer[2] = (byte)count;
+
+            writer.Write(this.buffer, 0, 3);
+            writer.Write(comments, 0, count);
+            writer.Write(GifConstants.Terminator);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Writes the graphics control extension to the stream.
         /// </summary>

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/GifEncoderOptions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// <copyright file="GifEncoderOptions.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Formats
+{
+    using System.Text;
+
+    using Quantizers;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encapsulates the options for the <see cref="GifEncoder"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class GifEncoderOptions : EncoderOptions, IGifEncoderOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GifEncoderOptions"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public GifEncoderOptions()
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GifEncoderOptions"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
+        private GifEncoderOptions(IEncoderOptions options)
+            : base(options)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the encoding that should be used when writing comments.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Encoding TextEncoding { get; set; } = GifConstants.DefaultEncoding;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the quality of output for images.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>For gifs the value ranges from 1 to 256.</remarks>
+        public int Quality { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the transparency threshold.
+        /// </summary>
+        public byte Threshold { get; set; } = 128;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the quantizer for reducing the color count.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IQuantizer Quantizer { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Converts the options to a <see cref="IGifEncoderOptions"/> instance with a
+        /// cast or by creating a new instance with the specfied options.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
+        /// <returns>The options for the <see cref="GifEncoder"/>.</returns>
+        internal static IGifEncoderOptions Create(IEncoderOptions options)
+        {
+            IGifEncoderOptions gifOptions = options as IGifEncoderOptions;
+            if (gifOptions != null)
+            {
+                return gifOptions;
+            }
+
+            return new GifEncoderOptions(options);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/IGifEncoderOptions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// <copyright file="IGifEncoderOptions.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Formats
+{
+    using System.Text;
+
+    using Quantizers;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encapsulates the options for the <see cref="GifEncoder"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IGifEncoderOptions : IEncoderOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the encoding that should be used when writing comments.
+        /// </summary>
+        Encoding TextEncoding { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the quality of output for images.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>For gifs the value ranges from 1 to 256.</remarks>
+        int Quality { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the transparency threshold.
+        /// </summary>
+        byte Threshold { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the quantizer for reducing the color count.
+        /// </summary>
+        IQuantizer Quantizer { get; }
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp.Formats.Gif/ImageExtensions.cs

@@ -21,13 +21,18 @@ namespace ImageSharp
         /// <typeparam name="TColor">The pixel format.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
         /// <param name="stream">The stream to save the image to.</param>
-        /// <param name="quality">The quality to save the image to representing the number of colors. Between 1 and 256.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The options for the encoder.</param>
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         /// <returns>
         /// The <see cref="Image{TColor}"/>.
         /// </returns>
-        public static Image<TColor> SaveAsGif<TColor>(this Image<TColor> source, Stream stream, int quality = 256)
+        public static Image<TColor> SaveAsGif<TColor>(this Image<TColor> source, Stream stream, IGifEncoderOptions options = null)
             where TColor : struct, IPixel<TColor>
-                        => source.Save(stream, new GifEncoder { Quality = quality });
+        {
+            GifEncoder encoder = new GifEncoder();
+            encoder.Encode(source, stream, options);
+
+            return source;
+        }
     }
 }

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCoreTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// <copyright file="GifEncoderCoreTests.cs" company="James Jackson-South">
+// Copyright (c) James Jackson-South and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+// </copyright>
+
+namespace ImageSharp.Tests
+{
+    using System.IO;
+    using Xunit;
+
+    using ImageSharp.Formats;
+
+    public class GifEncoderCoreTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void Encode_IgnoreMetadataIsFalse_CommentsAreWritten()
+        {
+            var options = new EncoderOptions()
+            {
+                IgnoreMetadata = false
+            };
+
+            TestFile testFile = TestFile.Create(TestImages.Gif.Rings);
+
+            using (Image input = testFile.CreateImage())
+            {
+                using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
+                {
+                    input.Save(memStream, new GifFormat(), options);
+
+                    memStream.Position = 0;
+                    using (Image output = new Image(memStream))
+                    {
+                        Assert.Equal(1, output.MetaData.Properties.Count);
+                        Assert.Equal("Comments", output.MetaData.Properties[0].Name);
+                        Assert.Equal("ImageSharp", output.MetaData.Properties[0].Value);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Encode_IgnoreMetadataIsTrue_CommentsAreNotWritten()
+        {
+            var options = new GifEncoderOptions()
+            {
+                IgnoreMetadata = true
+            };
+
+            TestFile testFile = TestFile.Create(TestImages.Gif.Rings);
+
+            using (Image input = testFile.CreateImage())
+            {
+                using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
+                {
+                    input.SaveAsGif(memStream, options);
+
+                    memStream.Position = 0;
+                    using (Image output = new Image(memStream))
+                    {
+                        Assert.Equal(0, output.MetaData.Properties.Count);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}