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+package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.plugins.tiff;
+
+import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadataFormatImpl;
+
+/**
+ * TIFFMedataFormat.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:harald.kuhr@gmail.com">Harald Kuhr</a>
+ * @author last modified by $Author: harald.kuhr$
+ * @version $Id: TIFFMedataFormat.java,v 1.0 17/04/15 harald.kuhr Exp$
+ */
+public final class TIFFMedataFormat extends IIOMetadataFormatImpl {
+    private static final TIFFMedataFormat INSTANCE = new TIFFMedataFormat();
+
+    // We'll reuse the metadata formats defined for JAI
+    public static final String SUN_NATIVE_IMAGE_METADATA_FORMAT_NAME = "com_sun_media_imageio_plugins_tiff_image_1.0";
+    public static final String SUN_NATIVE_STREAM_METADATA_FORMAT_NAME = "com_sun_media_imageio_plugins_tiff_stream_1.0";
+
+    public TIFFMedataFormat() {
+        super(SUN_NATIVE_IMAGE_METADATA_FORMAT_NAME, CHILD_POLICY_SOME);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canNodeAppear(String elementName, ImageTypeSpecifier imageType) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public static TIFFMedataFormat getInstance() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+}