diff --git a/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/types/KtTypeRenderer.kt b/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/types/KtTypeRenderer.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.types
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId
+
+object KtTypeRenderer {
+    fun render(type: KtType, options: KtTypeRendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions.DEFAULT): String = type.withValidityAssertion {
+        buildString { render(type, options) }
+    }
+
+    private fun StringBuilder.render(type: KtType, options: KtTypeRendererOptions) {
+        when (type) {
+            is KtDenotableType -> when (type) {
+                is KtClassType -> {
+                    render(type.classId, options)
+                    renderTypeArgumentsIfNotEmpty(type.typeArguments, options)
+                    renderNullability(type.nullability)
+                }
+                is KtTypeParameterType -> {
+                    append(type.name.asString())
+                    renderNullability(type.nullability)
+                }
+            }
+            is KtNonDenotableType -> when (type) {
+                is KtFlexibleType -> inParens {
+                    render(type.lowerBound, options)
+                    append("..")
+                    render(type.upperBound, options)
+                }
+                is KtIntersectionType -> inParens {
+                    type.conjuncts.forEachIndexed { index, conjunct ->
+                        render(conjunct, options)
+                        if (index != type.conjuncts.lastIndex) {
+                            append("&")
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            is KtErrorType -> {
+                append(type.error)
+            }
+            else -> error("Unsupported type ${type::class}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun StringBuilder.renderTypeArgumentsIfNotEmpty(typeArguments: List<KtTypeArgument>, options: KtTypeRendererOptions) {
+        if (typeArguments.isNotEmpty()) {
+            append("<")
+            typeArguments.forEachIndexed { index, typeArgument ->
+                render(typeArgument, options)
+                if (index != typeArguments.lastIndex) {
+                    append(", ")
+                }
+            }
+            append(">")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun StringBuilder.render(typeArgument: KtTypeArgument, options: KtTypeRendererOptions) {
+        when (typeArgument) {
+            KtStarProjectionTypeArgument -> {
+                append("*")
+            }
+            is KtTypeArgumentWithVariance -> {
+                val varianceWithSpace = when (typeArgument.variance) {
+                    KtTypeArgumentVariance.COVARIANT -> "out "
+                    KtTypeArgumentVariance.CONTRAVARIANT -> "in "
+                    KtTypeArgumentVariance.INVARIANT -> ""
+                }
+                append(varianceWithSpace)
+                render(typeArgument.type, options)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun StringBuilder.renderNullability(nullability: KtTypeNullability) {
+        if (nullability == KtTypeNullability.NULLABLE) {
+            append("?")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun StringBuilder.render(classId: ClassId, options: KtTypeRendererOptions) {
+        if (options.renderFqNames) {
+            append(classId.asString().replace('/', '.'))
+        } else {
+            append(classId.shortClassName.asString())
+        }
+    }
+
+    private inline fun StringBuilder.inParens(render: StringBuilder.() -> Unit) {
+        append("(")
+        render()
+        append(")")
+
+    }
+}
+
+data class KtTypeRendererOptions(
+    val renderFqNames: Boolean,
+) {
+    companion object {
+        val DEFAULT = KtTypeRendererOptions(
+            renderFqNames = true
+        )
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/idea/idea-frontend-fir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/types/KtTypeRendererTest.kt b/idea/idea-frontend-fir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/types/KtTypeRendererTest.kt
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.types
+
+import com.intellij.testFramework.LightProjectDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.executeOnPooledThreadInReadAction
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.analyze
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.test.KotlinLightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.test.KotlinLightProjectDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.test.KotlinWithJdkAndRuntimeLightProjectDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFunction
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtProperty
+
+class KtTypeRendererTest : KotlinLightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
+    private fun doTestByTypeText(
+        type: String,
+        expected: String,
+        typeArguments: List<String> = emptyList(),
+        rendererOptions: KtTypeRendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions.DEFAULT,
+    ) {
+        val typeArgumentsRendered = typeArguments
+            .takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+            ?.joinToString(prefix = "<", postfix = ">")
+            .orEmpty()
+        val fakeKtFile = myFixture.configureByText("file.kt", "fun ${typeArgumentsRendered}foo(): $type = 1") as KtFile
+        val property = fakeKtFile.declarations.single() as KtFunction
+        val renderedType = executeOnPooledThreadInReadAction {
+            analyze(fakeKtFile) {
+                val ktType = getReturnTypeForKtDeclaration(property)
+                KtTypeRenderer.render(ktType, rendererOptions)
+            }
+        }
+        assertEquals(expected, renderedType)
+    }
+
+    private fun doTestByExpression(
+        expression: String,
+        expected: String,
+        rendererOptions: KtTypeRendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions.DEFAULT,
+    ) {
+        val fakeKtFile = myFixture.configureByText("file.kt", "val a = $expression") as KtFile
+        val property = fakeKtFile.declarations.single() as KtProperty
+        val renderedType = executeOnPooledThreadInReadAction {
+            analyze(fakeKtFile) {
+                val ktType = getReturnTypeForKtDeclaration(property)
+                KtTypeRenderer.render(ktType, rendererOptions)
+            }
+        }
+        assertEquals(expected, renderedType)
+    }
+
+    override fun getProjectDescriptor(): LightProjectDescriptor = KotlinWithJdkAndRuntimeLightProjectDescriptor.INSTANCE
+
+    fun testInt() {
+        doTestByTypeText(type = "Int", expected = "kotlin.Int")
+    }
+
+    fun testList() {
+        doTestByTypeText(type = "List<Int>", expected = "kotlin.collections.List<kotlin.Int>")
+    }
+
+    fun testTypeArguments() {
+        doTestByTypeText(type = "Map<Int, V>", expected = "kotlin.collections.Map<kotlin.Int, V>", typeArguments = listOf("V"))
+    }
+
+    fun testNullable() {
+        doTestByTypeText(
+            type = "Map<List<Int?>, V?>?",
+            expected = "kotlin.collections.Map<kotlin.collections.List<kotlin.Int?>, V?>?",
+            typeArguments = listOf("V")
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun testNoFqNames() {
+        doTestByTypeText(
+            type = "Map<List<Int?>, V?>?",
+            expected = "Map<List<Int?>, V?>?",
+            typeArguments = listOf("V"),
+            rendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions(renderFqNames = false)
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun testFlexibleType() {
+        doTestByExpression(
+            expression = "java.lang.String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER",
+            expected = "(Comparator<(String..String?)>..Comparator<(String..String?)>?)",
+            rendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions(renderFqNames = false)
+        )
+    }
+
+    fun testIntersectionType() {
+        doTestByExpression(
+            expression = """
+            run {
+                val x: Any = 10
+                if (x is String && x is Int) x else null
+            }""".trimIndent(),
+            expected = "(String?&Int?)",
+            rendererOptions = KtTypeRendererOptions(renderFqNames = false)
+        )
+    }
+}
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