Strong type meta query + format singletons

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
     public sealed class BmpConfigurationModule : IConfigurationModule
     {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void Configure(Configuration config)
+        public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
         {
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(ImageFormats.Bmp, new BmpEncoder());
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(ImageFormats.Bmp, new BmpDecoder());
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new BmpImageFormatDetector());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(BmpFormat.Instance, new BmpEncoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(BmpFormat.Instance, new BmpDecoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new BmpImageFormatDetector());
         }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpFormat.cs

@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
     /// <summary>
     /// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the bmp format.
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class BmpFormat : IImageFormat
+    internal sealed class BmpFormat : ImageFormatBase<BmpFormat>
     {
+        private BmpFormat()
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string Name => "BMP";
+        public override string Name => "BMP";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string DefaultMimeType => "image/bmp";
+        public override string DefaultMimeType => "image/bmp";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => BmpConstants.MimeTypes;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => BmpConstants.MimeTypes;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => BmpConstants.FileExtensions;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => BmpConstants.FileExtensions;
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IImageFormat DetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
         {
-            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? ImageFormats.Bmp : null;
+            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? BmpFormat.Instance : null;
         }
 
         private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/BmpMetaData.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides Bmp specific metadata information for the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BmpMetaData : IImageFormatMetaData
+    {
+        // TODO: Analyse what properties we would like to preserve.
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Bmp/ImageExtensions.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         public static void SaveAsBmp<TPixel>(this Image<TPixel> source, Stream stream, BmpEncoder encoder)
             where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
-                        => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(ImageFormats.Bmp));
+                        => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(BmpFormat.Instance));
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
     public sealed class GifConfigurationModule : IConfigurationModule
     {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void Configure(Configuration config)
+        public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
         {
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(ImageFormats.Gif, new GifEncoder());
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(ImageFormats.Gif, new GifDecoder());
-
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new GifImageFormatDetector());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(GifFormat.Instance, new GifEncoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(GifFormat.Instance, new GifDecoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new GifImageFormatDetector());
         }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifConstants.cs

@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// </summary>
         internal static readonly byte[] MagicNumber = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(FileType + FileVersion);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the key used for storing and retriving metadata.
-        /// </summary>
-        public const string MetaDataKey = FileType;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The extension block introducer <value>!</value>.
         /// </summary>

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifDecoderCore.cs

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
                 this.globalColorTable?.Dispose();
             }
 
-            image?.MetaData.AddOrUpdateGifMetaData(this.gifMetaData);
+            image?.MetaData.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(GifFormat.Instance, this.gifMetaData);
             return image;
         }
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
                 this.globalColorTable?.Dispose();
             }
 
-            this.metaData.AddOrUpdateGifMetaData(this.gifMetaData);
+            this.metaData.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(GifFormat.Instance, this.gifMetaData);
             return new ImageInfo(
                 new PixelTypeInfo(this.logicalScreenDescriptor.BitsPerPixel),
                 this.logicalScreenDescriptor.Width,
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             }
 
             gifMeta.DisposalMethod = this.graphicsControlExtension.DisposalMethod;
-            meta.AddOrUpdateGifFrameMetaData(gifMeta);
+            meta.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(GifFormat.Instance, gifMeta);
         }
 
         /// <summary>

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifEncoderCore.cs

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             Guard.NotNull(image, nameof(image));
             Guard.NotNull(stream, nameof(stream));
 
-            this.gifMetaData = image.MetaData.GetGifMetaData() ?? new GifMetaData();
+            this.gifMetaData = image.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
             this.colorTableMode = this.colorTableMode ?? this.gifMetaData.ColorTableMode;
             bool useGlobalTable = this.colorTableMode.Equals(GifColorTableMode.Global);
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
             {
                 ImageFrame<TPixel> frame = image.Frames[i];
-                GifFrameMetaData frameMetaData = frame.MetaData.GetGifFrameMetaData() ?? new GifFrameMetaData();
+                GifFrameMetaData frameMetaData = frame.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
                 this.WriteGraphicalControlExtension(frameMetaData, transparencyIndex, stream);
                 this.WriteImageDescriptor(frame, false, stream);
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
             GifFrameMetaData previousMeta = null;
             foreach (ImageFrame<TPixel> frame in image.Frames)
             {
-                GifFrameMetaData meta = frame.MetaData.GetGifFrameMetaData() ?? new GifFrameMetaData();
+                GifFrameMetaData meta = frame.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
                 if (quantized is null)
                 {
                     // Allow each frame to be encoded at whatever color depth the frame designates if set.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifFormat.cs

@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
     /// <summary>
     /// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the gif format.
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class GifFormat : IImageFormat
+    internal sealed class GifFormat : ImageFormatBase<GifFormat>
     {
+        private GifFormat()
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string Name => "GIF";
+        public override string Name => "GIF";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string DefaultMimeType => "image/gif";
+        public override string DefaultMimeType => "image/gif";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => GifConstants.MimeTypes;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => GifConstants.MimeTypes;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => GifConstants.FileExtensions;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => GifConstants.FileExtensions;
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifFrameMetaData.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
+
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides Gif specific metadata information for the image frame.
     /// </summary>
-    public class GifFrameMetaData
+    public class GifFrameMetaData : IImageFormatFrameMetaData
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the length of the color table for paletted images.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IImageFormat DetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
         {
-            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? ImageFormats.Gif : null;
+            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? GifFormat.Instance : null;
         }
 
         private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifMetaData.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
+
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides Gif specific metadata information for the image.
     /// </summary>
-    public class GifMetaData
+    public class GifMetaData : IImageFormatMetaData
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the number of times any animation is repeated.

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/GifMetaDataExtensions.cs

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
-
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Extension methods for storing meta data specific to Gif images.
-    /// </summary>
-    public static class GifMetaDataExtensions
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds or updates the Gif specific meta data to the image.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="meta">The image meta data.</param>
-        /// <param name="value">The gif meta data.</param>
-        public static void AddOrUpdateGifMetaData(this ImageMetaData meta, GifMetaData value) => meta.AddOrUpdateMetaData(GifConstants.MetaDataKey, value);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the Gif format specific meta data from the image.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="meta">The image meta data.</param>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="GifMetaData"/> or null.</returns>
-        public static GifMetaData GetGifMetaData(this ImageMetaData meta)
-        {
-            meta.TryGetMetaData(GifConstants.MetaDataKey, out GifMetaData value);
-            return value;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds or updates the Gif specific meta data to the image frame.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="meta">The image meta data.</param>
-        /// <param name="value">The gif meta data.</param>
-        public static void AddOrUpdateGifFrameMetaData(this ImageFrameMetaData meta, GifFrameMetaData value) => meta.AddOrUpdateMetaData(GifConstants.MetaDataKey, value);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the Gif format specific meta data from the image frame.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="meta">The image meta data.</param>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="GifMetaData"/> or null.</returns>
-        public static GifFrameMetaData GetGifFrameMetaData(this ImageFrameMetaData meta)
-        {
-            meta.TryGetMetaData(GifConstants.MetaDataKey, out GifFrameMetaData value);
-            return value;
-        }
-    }
-}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Gif/ImageExtensions.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         public static void SaveAsGif<TPixel>(this Image<TPixel> source, Stream stream, GifEncoder encoder)
             where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
-            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(ImageFormats.Gif));
+            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(GifFormat.Instance));
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/ImageFormatBase{T}.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The base class for all image formats.
+    /// Inheriting classes should implement the singleton pattern by creating a private constructor.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of image format.</typeparam>
+    public abstract class ImageFormatBase<T> : IImageFormat
+        where T : class, IImageFormat
+    {
+        private static readonly Lazy<T> Lazy = new Lazy<T>(CreateInstance);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the current instance.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static T Instance => Lazy.Value;
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public abstract string Name { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public abstract string DefaultMimeType { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public abstract IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes { get; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public abstract IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions { get; }
+
+        private static T CreateInstance() => (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T), true);
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/ImageExtensions.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         public static void SaveAsJpeg<TPixel>(this Image<TPixel> source, Stream stream, JpegEncoder encoder)
             where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
-            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(ImageFormats.Jpeg));
+            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(JpegFormat.Instance));
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg
     public sealed class JpegConfigurationModule : IConfigurationModule
     {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void Configure(Configuration config)
+        public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
         {
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(ImageFormats.Jpeg, new JpegEncoder());
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(ImageFormats.Jpeg, new JpegDecoder());
-
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new JpegImageFormatDetector());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(JpegFormat.Instance, new JpegEncoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(JpegFormat.Instance, new JpegDecoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new JpegImageFormatDetector());
         }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegFormat.cs

@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg
     /// <summary>
     /// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the jpeg format.
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class JpegFormat : IImageFormat
+    internal sealed class JpegFormat : ImageFormatBase<JpegFormat>
     {
+        private JpegFormat()
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string Name => "JPEG";
+        public override string Name => "JPEG";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string DefaultMimeType => "image/jpeg";
+        public override string DefaultMimeType => "image/jpeg";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => JpegConstants.MimeTypes;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => JpegConstants.MimeTypes;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => JpegConstants.FileExtensions;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => JpegConstants.FileExtensions;
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IImageFormat DetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
         {
-            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? ImageFormats.Jpeg : null;
+            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? JpegFormat.Instance : null;
         }
 
         private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Jpeg/JpegMetaData.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides Jpeg specific metadata information for the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class JpegMetaData : IImageFormatMetaData
+    {
+        // TODO: Analyse what properties we would like to preserve.
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/ImageExtensions.cs

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
         /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         public static void SaveAsPng<TPixel>(this Image<TPixel> source, Stream stream, PngEncoder encoder)
             where TPixel : struct, IPixel<TPixel>
-            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(ImageFormats.Png));
+            => source.Save(stream, encoder ?? source.GetConfiguration().ImageFormatsManager.FindEncoder(PngFormat.Instance));
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngConfigurationModule.cs

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Configure(Configuration configuration)
         {
-            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(ImageFormats.Png, new PngEncoder());
-            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(ImageFormats.Png, new PngDecoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetEncoder(PngFormat.Instance, new PngEncoder());
+            configuration.ImageFormatsManager.SetDecoder(PngFormat.Instance, new PngDecoder());
             configuration.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormatDetector(new PngImageFormatDetector());
         }
     }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngFormat.cs

@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
     /// <summary>
     /// Registers the image encoders, decoders and mime type detectors for the png format.
     /// </summary>
-    internal sealed class PngFormat : IImageFormat
+    internal sealed class PngFormat : ImageFormatBase<PngFormat>
     {
+        private PngFormat()
+        {
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string Name => "PNG";
+        public override string Name => "PNG";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string DefaultMimeType => "image/png";
+        public override string DefaultMimeType => "image/png";
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => PngConstants.MimeTypes;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> MimeTypes => PngConstants.MimeTypes;
 
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => PngConstants.FileExtensions;
+        public override IEnumerable<string> FileExtensions => PngConstants.FileExtensions;
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngImageFormatDetector.cs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public IImageFormat DetectFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)
         {
-            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? ImageFormats.Png : null;
+            return this.IsSupportedFileFormat(header) ? PngFormat.Instance : null;
         }
 
         private bool IsSupportedFileFormat(ReadOnlySpan<byte> header)

src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngMetaData.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides Png specific metadata information for the image.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class PngMetaData : IImageFormatMetaData
+    {
+        // TODO: Analyse what properties we would like to preserve.
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/ImageFormats.cs

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Gif;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Jpeg;
-using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png;
-
-namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// The static collection of all the default image formats
-    /// </summary>
-    public static class ImageFormats
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The format details for the jpegs.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly IImageFormat Jpeg = new JpegFormat();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The format details for the pngs.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly IImageFormat Png = new PngFormat();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The format details for the gifs.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly IImageFormat Gif = new GifFormat();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The format details for the bitmaps.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly IImageFormat Bmp = new BmpFormat();
-    }
-}

src/ImageSharp/MetaData/IImageFormatFrameMetaData.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encapsulates the format specific metadata of an image frame.
+    /// This interface exists to allow type saftey and avoid the performance overhead of parsing attributes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IImageFormatFrameMetaData
+    {
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/MetaData/IImageFormatMetaData.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors and contributors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Encapsulates the format specific metadata of an image.
+    /// This interface exists to allow type saftey and avoid the performance overhead of parsing attributes.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IImageFormatMetaData
+    {
+    }
+}

src/ImageSharp/MetaData/ImageFrameMetaData.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
 
 namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
 {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
     /// </summary>
     public sealed class ImageFrameMetaData
     {
-        private readonly Dictionary<string, object> metaData = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        private readonly Dictionary<IImageFormat, IImageFormatFrameMetaData> metaData = new Dictionary<IImageFormat, IImageFormatFrameMetaData>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ImageFrameMetaData"/> class.
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         {
             DebugGuard.NotNull(other, nameof(other));
 
-            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> meta in other.metaData)
+            foreach (KeyValuePair<IImageFormat, IImageFormatFrameMetaData> meta in other.metaData)
             {
                 this.metaData.Add(meta.Key, meta.Value);
             }
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">key is null.</exception>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">value is null.</exception>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">An element with the same key already exists in the <see cref="ImageMetaData"/>.</exception>
-        public void AddOrUpdateMetaData(string key, object value)
+        public void AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(IImageFormat key, IImageFormatFrameMetaData value)
         {
             // Don't think this needs to be threadsafe.
             Guard.NotNull(value, nameof(value));
@@ -61,27 +62,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the metadata value associated with the specified key.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of value.</typeparam>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of metadata.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="key">The key of the value to get.</param>
-        /// <param name="value">
-        /// When this method returns, contains the metadata value associated with the specified key,
-        /// if the key is found; otherwise, the default value for the type of the value parameter.
-        /// This parameter is passed uninitialized.
-        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
-        /// true if the <see cref="ImageMetaData"/> contains an element with
-        /// the specified key; otherwise, false.
+        /// The <typeparamref name="T"/>.
         /// </returns>
-        public bool TryGetMetaData<T>(string key, out T value)
+        public T GetOrAddFormatMetaData<T>(IImageFormat key)
+            where T : IImageFormatFrameMetaData, new()
         {
-            if (this.metaData.TryGetValue(key, out object meta))
+            if (this.metaData.TryGetValue(key, out IImageFormatFrameMetaData meta))
             {
-                value = (T)meta;
-                return true;
+                return (T)meta;
             }
 
-            value = default;
-            return false;
+            var newMeta = new T();
+            this.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(key, newMeta);
+            return newMeta;
         }
     }
 }

src/ImageSharp/MetaData/ImageMetaData.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Exif;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData.Profiles.Icc;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         /// </summary>
         public const double DefaultVerticalResolution = 96;
 
-        private readonly Dictionary<string, object> metaData = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        private readonly Dictionary<IImageFormat, IImageFormatMetaData> metaData = new Dictionary<IImageFormat, IImageFormatMetaData>();
         private double horizontalResolution;
         private double verticalResolution;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
             this.VerticalResolution = other.VerticalResolution;
             this.ResolutionUnits = other.ResolutionUnits;
 
-            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, object> meta in other.metaData)
+            foreach (KeyValuePair<IImageFormat, IImageFormatMetaData> meta in other.metaData)
             {
                 this.metaData.Add(meta.Key, meta.Value);
             }
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">key is null.</exception>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">value is null.</exception>
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">An element with the same key already exists in the <see cref="ImageMetaData"/>.</exception>
-        public void AddOrUpdateMetaData(string key, object value)
+        public void AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(IImageFormat key, IImageFormatMetaData value)
         {
             // Don't think this needs to be threadsafe.
             Guard.NotNull(value, nameof(value));
@@ -148,27 +149,22 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.MetaData
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the metadata value associated with the specified key.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of value.</typeparam>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of metadata.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="key">The key of the value to get.</param>
-        /// <param name="value">
-        /// When this method returns, contains the metadata value associated with the specified key,
-        /// if the key is found; otherwise, the default value for the type of the value parameter.
-        /// This parameter is passed uninitialized.
-        /// </param>
         /// <returns>
-        /// true if the <see cref="ImageMetaData"/> contains an element with
-        /// the specified key; otherwise, false.
+        /// The <typeparamref name="T"/>.
         /// </returns>
-        public bool TryGetMetaData<T>(string key, out T value)
+        public T GetOrAddFormatMetaData<T>(IImageFormat key)
+            where T : IImageFormatMetaData, new()
         {
-            if (this.metaData.TryGetValue(key, out object meta))
+            if (this.metaData.TryGetValue(key, out IImageFormatMetaData meta))
             {
-                value = (T)meta;
-                return true;
+                return (T)meta;
             }
 
-            value = default;
-            return false;
+            var newMeta = new T();
+            this.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(key, newMeta);
+            return newMeta;
         }
 
         /// <summary>

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/ConfigurationTests.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using Moq;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Bmp;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.IO;
 using Xunit;
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
@@ -37,19 +38,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
         /// Test that the default configuration is not null.
         /// </summary>
         [Fact]
-        public void TestDefaultConfigurationIsNotNull()
-        {
-            Assert.True(Configuration.Default != null);
-        }
+        public void TestDefaultConfigurationIsNotNull() => Assert.True(Configuration.Default != null);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test that the default configuration read origin options is set to begin.
         /// </summary>
         [Fact]
-        public void TestDefaultConfigurationReadOriginIsCurrent()
-        {
-            Assert.True(Configuration.Default.ReadOrigin == ReadOrigin.Current);
-        }
+        public void TestDefaultConfigurationReadOriginIsCurrent() => Assert.True(Configuration.Default.ReadOrigin == ReadOrigin.Current);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Test that the default configuration parallel options max degrees of parallelism matches the
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
 
             Assert.Equal(count, config.ImageFormats.Count());
 
-            config.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormat(ImageFormats.Bmp);
+            config.ImageFormatsManager.AddImageFormat(BmpFormat.Instance);
 
             Assert.Equal(count, config.ImageFormats.Count());
         }

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/GeneralFormatTests.cs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
                 using (Image<Rgba32> image = file.CreateImage())
                 {
                     string filename = path + "/" + file.FileNameWithoutExtension + ".txt";
-                    File.WriteAllText(filename, image.ToBase64String(ImageFormats.Png));
+                    File.WriteAllText(filename, image.ToBase64String(PngFormat.Instance));
                 }
             }
         }

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

@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Gif
                 inStream.Position = 0;
 
                 var image = Image.Load(inStream);
-                GifMetaData metaData = image.MetaData.GetGifMetaData();
-                GifFrameMetaData frameMetaData = image.Frames.RootFrame.MetaData.GetGifFrameMetaData();
+                GifMetaData metaData = image.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
+                GifFrameMetaData frameMetaData = image.Frames.RootFrame.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
                 GifColorTableMode colorMode = metaData.ColorTableMode;
                 var encoder = new GifEncoder()
                 {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Gif
                 outStream.Position = 0;
                 var clone = Image.Load(outStream);
 
-                GifMetaData cloneMetaData = clone.MetaData.GetGifMetaData();
+                GifMetaData cloneMetaData = clone.MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
                 Assert.Equal(metaData.ColorTableMode, cloneMetaData.ColorTableMode);
 
                 // Gifiddle and Cyotek GifInfo say this image has 64 colors.
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests.Formats.Gif
 
                 for (int i = 0; i < image.Frames.Count; i++)
                 {
-                    GifFrameMetaData ifm = image.Frames[i].MetaData.GetGifFrameMetaData();
-                    GifFrameMetaData cifm = clone.Frames[i].MetaData.GetGifFrameMetaData();
+                    GifFrameMetaData ifm = image.Frames[i].MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
+                    GifFrameMetaData cifm = clone.Frames[i].MetaData.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
 
                     Assert.Equal(ifm.ColorTableLength, cifm.ColorTableLength);
                     Assert.Equal(ifm.FrameDelay, cifm.FrameDelay);

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/ImageFormatManagerTests.cs

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             });
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
             {
-                this.DefaultFormatsManager.SetEncoder(ImageFormats.Bmp, null);
+                this.DefaultFormatsManager.SetEncoder(BmpFormat.Instance, null);
             });
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
             {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             });
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
             {
-                this.DefaultFormatsManager.SetDecoder(ImageFormats.Bmp, null);
+                this.DefaultFormatsManager.SetDecoder(BmpFormat.Instance, null);
             });
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
             {

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/MetaData/ImageFrameMetaDataTests.cs

@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             };
 
             var metaData = new ImageFrameMetaData();
-            metaData.AddOrUpdateGifFrameMetaData(gifFrameMetaData);
+            metaData.AddOrUpdateFormatMetaData(GifFormat.Instance, gifFrameMetaData);
 
             var clone = new ImageFrameMetaData(metaData);
-            GifFrameMetaData cloneGifFrameMetaData = clone.GetGifFrameMetaData();
+            GifFrameMetaData cloneGifFrameMetaData = clone.GetOrAddFormatMetaData<GifFrameMetaData>(GifFormat.Instance);
 
             Assert.Equal(frameDelay, cloneGifFrameMetaData.FrameDelay);
             Assert.Equal(colorTableLength, cloneGifFrameMetaData.ColorTableLength);

tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestUtilities/TestEnvironment.Formats.cs

@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Tests
             IImageEncoder bmpEncoder = IsWindows ? (IImageEncoder)SystemDrawingReferenceEncoder.Bmp : new BmpEncoder();
 
             cfg.ConfigureCodecs(
-                ImageFormats.Png,
+                PngFormat.Instance,
                 MagickReferenceDecoder.Instance,
                 pngEncoder,
                 new PngImageFormatDetector());
 
             cfg.ConfigureCodecs(
-                ImageFormats.Bmp,
+                BmpFormat.Instance,
                 SystemDrawingReferenceDecoder.Instance,
                 bmpEncoder,
                 new BmpImageFormatDetector());