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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixToolset.Harvesters.Extensibility
+{
+    using Wix = WixToolset.Harvesters.Serialize;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The base harvester extension.  Any of these methods can be overridden to change
+    /// the behavior of the harvester.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class BaseHarvesterExtension : IHarvesterExtension
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the harvester core for the extension.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The harvester core for the extension.</value>
+        public IHarvesterCore Core { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Harvest a WiX document.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="argument">The argument for harvesting.</param>
+        /// <returns>The harvested Fragments.</returns>
+        public abstract Wix.Fragment[] Harvest(string argument);
+    }
+}