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+// analyzer: D2L.CodeStyle.Analyzers.ApiUsage.Serialization.SerializationFrameworkAnalyzer
+
+using System;
+using D2L.LP.Serialization
+
+namespace D2L.LP.Serialization {
+
+	public sealed class SerializationFrameworkAttribute : Attribute { }
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public class DangerousExplicitClass : ISerializer, ITrySerializer, ISerializationWriter {
+		public void Foo() { }	
+		void ISerializer.Serialize() { }
+		bool ITrySerializer.TrySerialize() { return true; }
+		void ISerializationWriter.Write() { }
+	}
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public class DangerousImplicitClass : ISerializer, ITrySerializer, ISerializationWriter {
+		public void Serialize() { }
+		public bool TrySerialize() { return true; }
+		public void Write() { }
+	}
+
+	public interface ISerializer {
+		public void Serialize();
+	}
+
+	public interface ITrySerializer {
+		public bool TrySerialize();
+	}
+
+	public interface ISerializationWriter {
+		public void Write();
+	}
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public static class ISerializationWriterExtensions {
+		public static void Write( this ISerializationWriter writer, string _ ) {
+			writer.Write();
+		}
+	}
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public static class SerializationFactory {
+		public static ISerializer Serializer {
+			get { return new DangerousExplicitClass(); }
+		}
+		public static ITrySerializer TrySerializer {
+			get { return new DangerousExplicitClass(); }
+		}
+		public static ISerializer SerializationWriter {
+			get { return new DangerousExplicitClass(); }
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+namespace D2L.CodeStyle.Analyzers.SerializationFrameworkAnalyzer.Examples {
+	using D2L.LP.Serialization;
+
+	public sealed class BadClass {
+
+		private DangerousExplicitClass /* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */ m_dangerousExplicitClass /**/;
+		private DangerousImplicitClass /* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */ m_dangerousImplicitClass /**/;
+
+		public void Uses_ISerializer() {
+			ISerializer explicitSerializer = SerializationFactory.Serializer;
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			explicitSerializer.Serialize() /**/ ;
+		}
+
+		public void Uses_ITrySerializer() {
+			ITrySerializer explicitTrySerializer = SerializationFactory.TrySerializer;
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			explicitTrySerializer.TrySerialize() /**/ ;
+		}
+
+		public void Uses_ISerializationWriter() {
+			ISerializationWriter explicitWriter = SerializationFactory.SerializationWriter;
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			explicitWriter.Write() /**/ ;
+		}
+
+		public void Uses_ISerializationWriterExtensions() {
+			ISerializationWriter explicitWriter = SerializationFactory.SerializationWriter;
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			explicitWriter.Write( "foo" ) /**/ ;
+		}
+
+		public void Uses_DangerousImplicitReferences() {
+			DangerousImplicitClass dangerousClass = new DangerousImplicitClass();
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			dangerousClass.Serialize() /**/ ;
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			dangerousClass.TrySerialize() /**/ ;
+		}
+
+		public void Uses_DangerousImplementingType() {
+			DangerousExplicitClass dangerousClass = new DangerousExplicitClass();
+			/* DangerousSerializationTypeReference */
+			dangerousClass.Foo() /**/ ;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public sealed class SerializationFrameworkClass {
+
+		private readonly ISerializer m_serializer;
+		private readonly ITrySerializer m_trySerializer;
+		private readonly ISerializationWriter m_serializationWriter;
+
+		public SerializationFrameworkClass(
+			ISerializer serializer,
+			ITrySerializer trySerializer,
+			ISerializationWriter serializationWriter
+		) {
+			m_serializer = serializer;
+			m_trySerializer = trySerializer;
+			m_serializationWriter = serializationWriter;
+		}
+
+		public void InSerializationClass() {
+			ISerializer ok = SerializationFactory.Serializer;
+			ok.Serialize();
+
+			ITrySerializer alsoOk = SerializationFactory.TrySerializer;
+			alsoOk.TrySerialize();
+
+			ISerializationWriter okayToo = SerializationFactory.SerializationWriter;
+			okayToo.Write();
+		}
+
+		public ISerializer Serializer {
+			get { return m_serializer; }
+		}
+	}
+
+	[SerializationFramework]
+	public sealed class SerializationFrameworkUsageInNestedClass {
+		private static class Nested {
+			public static void Usage() {
+				ISerializer ok = SerializationFactory.Serializer;
+				ok.Serialize();
+
+				ITrySerializer alsoOk = SerializationFactory.TrySerializer;
+				alsoOk.TrySerialize();
+
+				ISerializationWriter okayToo = SerializationFactory.SerializationWriter;
+				okayToo.Write();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}