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mcs/class/referencesource/System/compmod/system/componentmodel/design/IReferenceService.cs

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+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="IReferenceService.cs" company="Microsoft">
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+// </copyright>                                                                
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace System.ComponentModel.Design {
+    using System.ComponentModel;
+
+    using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System;
+
+    /// <devdoc>
+    ///    <para>
+    ///       Provides an interface to get names and references to objects. These
+    ///       methods can search using the specified name or reference.
+    ///    </para>
+    /// </devdoc>
+    public interface IReferenceService {
+        
+        /// <devdoc>
+        ///    <para>
+        ///       Gets the base component that anchors this reference.
+        ///    </para>
+        /// </devdoc>
+        IComponent GetComponent(object reference);
+
+        /// <devdoc>
+        ///    <para>
+        ///       Gets a reference for the specified name.
+        ///    </para>
+        /// </devdoc>
+        object GetReference(string name);
+    
+        /// <devdoc>
+        ///    <para>
+        ///       Gets the name for this reference.
+        ///    </para>
+        /// </devdoc>
+        string GetName(object reference);
+    
+        /// <devdoc>
+        ///    <para>
+        ///       Gets all available references.
+        ///    </para>
+        /// </devdoc>
+        object[] GetReferences();
+    
+        /// <devdoc>
+        ///    <para>
+        ///       Gets all available references of this type.
+        ///    </para>
+        /// </devdoc>
+        object[] GetReferences(Type baseType);
+    }
+}