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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+/*============================================================
+**
+** 
+** 
+**
+**
+** Purpose: Provides a localizable way of retrieving a file
+** that is linked into your assembly and/or satellite assembly
+** while also leaving the file on disk for unmanaged tools.
+**
+** 
+===========================================================*/
+
+// Removing LooselyLinkedResourceReference from Whidbey.  We don't
+// yet have any strong customer need for it yet.
+#if LOOSELY_LINKED_RESOURCE_REFERENCE
+
+namespace System.Resources {
+    using System.Reflection;
+    using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+    using System.Globalization;
+
+    [Serializable]
+
+[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
+    public struct LooselyLinkedResourceReference {
+        private String _manifestResourceName;
+        private String _typeName;
+
+        public LooselyLinkedResourceReference(String looselyLinkedResourceName, String typeName)
+        {
+            if (looselyLinkedResourceName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("looselyLinkedResourceName");
+            if (typeName == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("typeName");
+            if (looselyLinkedResourceName.Length == 0)
+                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_EmptyName"), "looselyLinkedResourceName");
+            if (typeName.Length == 0)
+                throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Argument_EmptyName"), "typeName");
+            Contract.EndContractBlock();
+            
+            _manifestResourceName = looselyLinkedResourceName;
+            _typeName = typeName;
+        }
+
+        public String LooselyLinkedResourceName { 
+            get { return _manifestResourceName; }
+        }
+
+        public String TypeName {
+            get { return _typeName; }
+        }
+
+        public Object Resolve(Assembly assembly)
+        {
+            if (assembly == null)
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("assembly");
+            Contract.EndContractBlock();
+
+            Stream data = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(_manifestResourceName);
+            if (data == null)
+                throw new MissingManifestResourceException(Environment.GetResourceString("MissingManifestResource_LooselyLinked", _manifestResourceName, assembly.FullName));
+
+            Type type = Type.GetType(_typeName, true);
+            
+            Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type, new Object[] { data });
+            return obj;
+        }
+
+        // For good debugging with tools like ResView
+        public override String ToString()
+        {
+            // This is for debugging only.  Since we use the property names,
+            // this does not need to be localized.
+            return "LooselyLinkedResourceName = \""+ _manifestResourceName +"\", TypeName = \"" + _typeName + "\"";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif // LOOSELY_LINKED_RESOURCE_REFERENCE