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+using System;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Metadata
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Use to predefine the prefix associated to an xml namespace in a xaml file
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// example:
+    /// [assembly: XmlnsPrefix("https://github.com/avaloniaui", "av")]
+    /// xaml:
+    /// xmlns:av="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+    /// </remarks>
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = true)]
+    public sealed class XmlnsPrefixAttribute : Attribute
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Constructor
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="xmlNamespace">XML namespce</param>
+        /// <param name="prefix">recommended prefix</param>
+        public XmlnsPrefixAttribute(string xmlNamespace, string prefix)
+        {
+            XmlNamespace = xmlNamespace ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(xmlNamespace));
+
+            Prefix = prefix ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(prefix));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// XML Namespace
+        /// </summary>
+        public string XmlNamespace { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// New Xml Namespace
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Prefix { get; }
+    }
+}