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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+//
+
+using System.Compiler;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Ddue.Tools.Reflection {
+
+    public abstract class ApiNamer {
+
+        public virtual string GetApiName(Member api) {
+
+            Namespace space = api as Namespace;
+            if (space != null) return (GetNamespaceName(space));
+
+            TypeNode type = api as TypeNode;
+            if (type != null) return (GetTypeName(type));
+
+            return (GetMemberName(api));
+
+        }
+
+        public abstract string GetMemberName(Member member);
+
+        public abstract string GetNamespaceName(Namespace space);
+
+        public abstract string GetTypeName(TypeNode type);
+
+    }
+
+}