def METHOD_NAME(class_type):
    """Infer abbreviation from the class name.
    When we build a norm layer with `build_norm_layer()`, we want to preserve
    the norm type in variable names, e.g, self.bn1, self.gn. This method will
    infer the abbreviation to map class types to abbreviations.
    Rule 1: If the class has the property "_abbr_", return the property.
    Rule 2: If the parent class is _BatchNorm, GroupNorm, LayerNorm or
    InstanceNorm, the abbreviation of this layer will be "bn", "gn", "ln" and
    "in" respectively.
    Rule 3: If the class name contains "batch", "group", "layer" or "instance",
    the abbreviation of this layer will be "bn", "gn", "ln" and "in"
    respectively.
    Rule 4: Otherwise, the abbreviation falls back to "norm".
    Args:
        class_type (type): The norm layer type.
    Returns:
        str: The inferred abbreviation.
    """
    if not inspect.isclass(class_type):
        raise TypeError(
            f'class_type must be a type, but got {type(class_type)}')
    if hasattr(class_type, '_abbr_'):
        return class_type._abbr_
    if issubclass(class_type, _InstanceNorm):  # IN is a subclass of BN
        return 'in'
    elif issubclass(class_type, _BatchNorm):
        return 'bn'
    elif issubclass(class_type, nn.GroupNorm):
        return 'gn'
    elif issubclass(class_type, nn.LayerNorm):
        return 'ln'
    else:
        class_name = class_type.__name__.lower()
        if 'batch' in class_name:
            return 'bn'
        elif 'group' in class_name:
            return 'gn'
        elif 'layer' in class_name:
            return 'ln'
        elif 'instance' in class_name:
            return 'in'
        else:
            return 'norm_layer'