2 files changed, 40 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Data/BurnPlatforms.cs b/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Data/BurnPlatforms.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b0edfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Data/BurnPlatforms.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// 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.Extensibility.Data
+{
+    using System;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Platforms that have been supported by Burn.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Flags]
+    public enum BurnPlatforms
+    {
+        /// <summary>Not specified.</summary>
+        None = 0,
+
+        /// <summary>x86.</summary>
+        X86 = 0x1,
+
+        /// <summary>x64.</summary>
+        X64 = 0x2,
+
+        /// <summary>arm.</summary>
+        ARM = 0x4,
+
+        /// <summary>arm64.</summary>
+        ARM64 = 0x8,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Services/IParseHelper.cs b/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Services/IParseHelper.cs
index f756cb10..b3577d2b 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Services/IParseHelper.cs
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Extensibility/Services/IParseHelper.cs
@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ namespace WixToolset.Extensibility.Services
         /// <summary>
         /// Create an identifier based on passed file name
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">File name to generate identifer from</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name="filename">File name to generate identifier from</param>
+        /// <returns>The new identifier.</returns>
         Identifier CreateIdentifierFromFilename(string filename);
 
         /// <summary>
+        /// Append a suffix to the given name based on the current platform.
+        /// If the current platform is not in the supported platforms, then it returns null.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The base name for the identifier.</param>
+        /// <param name="currentPlatform">The platform being compiled.</param>
+        /// <param name="supportedPlatforms">The platforms for which there are specialized implementations.</param>
+        /// <returns>The generated identifier value, or null if the current platform isn't supported.</returns>
+        string CreateIdentifierValueFromPlatform(string name, Platform currentPlatform, BurnPlatforms supportedPlatforms);
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Creates a symbol in the section.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="section">Section to add the new symbol to.</param>