mono/netcore/System.Private.CoreLib/shared/System/IFormatProvider.cs

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// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.

/*============================================================
**
**
**
** Purpose: Notes a class which knows how to return formatting information
**
**
============================================================*/

using System;

namespace System
{
    public interface IFormatProvider
    {
        // Interface does not need to be marked with the serializable attribute
        object GetFormat(Type formatType);
    }
}