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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.
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// 
+// This interface defines a set of methods which interact with reflection
+//    during the binding process.  This control allows systems to apply language
+//    specific semantics to the binding and invocation process.
+//
+//
+namespace System.Reflection {
+    using System;
+    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+    using CultureInfo = System.Globalization.CultureInfo;
+    
+    [Serializable]
+    [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
+[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
+    public abstract class Binder
+    {    
+        // Given a set of methods that match the basic criteria, select a method to
+        // invoke.  When this method is finished, we should have 
+        public abstract MethodBase BindToMethod(BindingFlags bindingAttr,MethodBase[] match,ref Object[] args,
+            ParameterModifier[] modifiers,CultureInfo culture,String[] names, out Object state);
+    
+        // Given a set of methods that match the basic criteria, select a method to
+        // invoke.  When this method is finished, we should have 
+        public abstract FieldInfo BindToField(BindingFlags bindingAttr,FieldInfo[] match,
+            Object value,CultureInfo culture);
+                                       
+        // Given a set of methods that match the base criteria, select a method based
+        // upon an array of types.  This method should return null if no method matchs
+        // the criteria.
+        public abstract MethodBase SelectMethod(BindingFlags bindingAttr,MethodBase[] match,
+            Type[] types,ParameterModifier[] modifiers);
+        
+        
+        // Given a set of propreties that match the base criteria, select one.
+        public abstract PropertyInfo SelectProperty(BindingFlags bindingAttr,PropertyInfo[] match,
+            Type returnType,Type[] indexes,ParameterModifier[] modifiers);
+        
+        // ChangeType
+        // This method will convert the value into the property type.
+        //    It throws a cast exception if this fails.
+        public abstract Object ChangeType(Object value,Type type,CultureInfo culture);        
+
+        public abstract void ReorderArgumentArray(ref Object[] args, Object state);
+    }
+}