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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+/*============================================================
+**
+**
+**
+** Purpose: Notes a class which knows how to return formatting information
+**
+**
+============================================================*/
+
+using System;
+
+namespace System
+{
+    public interface IFormatProvider
+    {
+        // Interface does not need to be marked with the serializable attribute
+        Object GetFormat(Type formatType);
+    }
+}