Custom Link Provider in Sitecore

Sample code snippet to write a custom link provider in Sitecore

public class LinkProvider : Sitecore.Links.LinkProvider
    {
        private static readonly Language neverEmbeddedLanguage = Language.Parse("en");

        public override string GetItemUrl(Item item, UrlOptions options)
        {
            options.AddAspxExtension = false;

            if (item.Language == neverEmbeddedLanguage)
            {
                options.LanguageEmbedding = LanguageEmbedding.Never;
            }
            return base.GetItemUrl(item, options);
        }
    }