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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Collections.Immutable;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
+using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace System.Windows.Forms.CSharp.Analyzers.DesignerAPI;
+
+[DiagnosticAnalyzer(LanguageNames.CSharp)]
+public sealed class DesignerAPIAnalyzer : DiagnosticAnalyzer
+{
+    public const string DiagnosticId = "PARENTDESIGNER001";
+    private const string Title = "Use updated Winform Designer API";
+    private const string MessageFormat =
+        "Type '{0}' is not recommended; use '{1}' instead. Before using new API male sure 'Microsoft.WinForms.Designer.SDK' nuget package is installed.";
+    private const string Category = "Usage";
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> s_classReplacements = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+    static DesignerAPIAnalyzer()
+    {
+        s_classReplacements.Add("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner", "Microsoft.DotNet.DesignTools.Designers.ParentControlDesigner");
+        s_classReplacements.Add("System.Windows.Forms.Design.ControlDesigner", "Microsoft.DotNet.DesignTools.Designers.ControlDesigner");
+
+    }
+
+    private static readonly DiagnosticDescriptor s_rule =
+        new DiagnosticDescriptor(
+            DiagnosticId,
+            Title,
+            MessageFormat,
+            Category,
+            DiagnosticSeverity.Warning,
+            isEnabledByDefault: true);
+
+    public override ImmutableArray<DiagnosticDescriptor> SupportedDiagnostics
+        => [s_rule];
+
+    public override void Initialize(AnalysisContext context)
+    {
+        // Register for identifier references (typeof, casts, attributes, nameof)
+        context.RegisterSyntaxNodeAction(
+            AnalyzeIdentifierName,
+            SyntaxKind.IdentifierName);
+    }
+
+    private static void AnalyzeIdentifierName(SyntaxNodeAnalysisContext context)
+    {
+        var idNode = (IdentifierNameSyntax)context.Node;
+
+        if (context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolInfo(idNode).Symbol is not INamedTypeSymbol symbol)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var pair in s_classReplacements)
+        {
+            if (symbol.ToDisplayString() == pair.Key)
+            {
+                var diagnostic = Diagnostic.Create(
+                    s_rule,
+                    idNode.GetLocation(),
+                    symbol.Name, pair.Value);
+                context.ReportDiagnostic(diagnostic);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}