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+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="DefaultEncoderAttribute.cs" company="Andrew Arnott">
+//     Copyright (c) Andrew Arnott. All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace DotNetOpenAuth.Messaging.Reflection {
+	using System;
+	using System.Collections.Generic;
+	using System.Linq;
+	using System.Text;
+
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Allows a custom class or struct to be serializable between itself and a string representation.
+	/// </summary>
+	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Struct, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
+	internal sealed class DefaultEncoderAttribute : Attribute {
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DefaultEncoderAttribute"/> class.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="converterType">The <see cref="IMessagePartEncoder"/> implementing type to use for serializing this type.</param>
+		public DefaultEncoderAttribute(Type converterType) {
+			Requires.NotNull(converterType, "converterType");
+			Requires.True(typeof(IMessagePartEncoder).IsAssignableFrom(converterType), "Argument must be a type that implements {0}.", typeof(IMessagePartEncoder).Name);
+			this.Encoder = (IMessagePartEncoder)Activator.CreateInstance(converterType);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the default encoder to use for the declaring class.
+		/// </summary>
+		public IMessagePartEncoder Encoder { get; private set; }
+	}
+}