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+class Extensible;
+class Module;
+
+/** Class represnting an extension of some object
+ */
+class CoreExport ExtensionItem
+{
+ public:
+	const std::string key;
+	Module* const owner;
+	ExtensionItem(const std::string& key, Module* owner);
+	/** Serialize this item into a string */
+	virtual std::string serialize(Module* requestor, const Extensible* container, void* item) = 0;
+	/** Convert the string form back into an item */
+	virtual void unserialize(Module* requestor, Extensible* container, const std::string& value) = 0;
+	/** Free the item */
+	virtual void free(void* item) = 0;
+
+ protected:
+	/** Get the item from the internal map */
+	void* get_raw(const Extensible* container);
+	/** Set the item in the internal map; returns old value */
+	void* set_raw(Extensible* container, void* value);
+	/** Remove the item from the internal map; returns old value */
+	void* unset_raw(Extensible* container);
+};
+
+/** A private data store for an Extensible class */
+typedef std::map<std::string,void*> ExtensibleStore;
+
+/** class Extensible is the parent class of many classes such as User and Channel.
+ * class Extensible implements a system which allows modules to 'extend' the class by attaching data within
+ * a map associated with the object. In this way modules can store their own custom information within user
+ * objects, channel objects and server objects, without breaking other modules (this is more sensible than using
+ * a flags variable, and each module defining bits within the flag as 'theirs' as it is less prone to conflict and
+ * supports arbitary data storage).
+ */
+class CoreExport Extensible : public classbase
+{
+	/** Private data store.
+	 * Holds all extensible metadata for the class.
+	 */
+	ExtensibleStore extensions;
+	typedef std::map<std::string, ExtensionItem*> ExtensibleTypes;
+	static ExtensibleTypes extension_types;
+ public:
+	/**
+	 * Get the extension items for iteraton (i.e. for metadata sync during netburst)
+	 */
+	inline const ExtensibleStore& GetExtList() const { return extensions; }
+	static inline const ExtensibleTypes& GetTypeList() { return extension_types; }
+	static inline ExtensionItem* GetItem(const std::string& name)
+	{
+		ExtensibleTypes::iterator i = extension_types.find(name);
+		if (i == extension_types.end())
+			return NULL;
+		return i->second;
+	}
+
+	virtual ~Extensible();
+
+	static bool Register(ExtensionItem* item);
+	static void UnRegister(Module* module);
+	
+	// Friend access for the protected getter/setter
+	friend class ExtensionItem;
+};
+
+/** Base class for items that are NOT synchronized between servers */
+class CoreExport LocalExtItem : public ExtensionItem
+{
+ public:
+	LocalExtItem(const std::string& key, Module* owner);
+	// this is deliberately NOT virtual; don't subclass LocalExtItem if you want to sync data!
+	std::string serialize(Module* requestor, const Extensible* container, void* item);
+	void unserialize(Module* requestor, Extensible* container, const std::string& value);
+	virtual void free(void* item) = 0;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+class CoreExport SimpleExtItem : public LocalExtItem
+{
+ public:
+	SimpleExtItem(const std::string& Key, Module* parent) : LocalExtItem(Key, parent)
+	{
+	}
+
+	inline T* get(const Extensible* container)
+	{
+		return static_cast<T*>(get_raw(container));
+	}
+
+	inline T* getNew(Extensible* container)
+	{
+		T* ptr = get(container);
+		if (!ptr)
+		{
+			ptr = new T;
+			set_raw(container, ptr);
+		}
+		return ptr;
+	}
+
+	inline void set(Extensible* container, const T& value)
+	{
+		T* ptr = new T(value);
+		T* old = static_cast<T*>(set_raw(container, ptr));
+		delete old;
+	}
+
+	inline void set(Extensible* container, T* value)
+	{
+		T* old = static_cast<T*>(set_raw(container, value));
+		delete old;
+	}
+
+	inline void unset(Extensible* container)
+	{
+		T* old = static_cast<T*>(unset_raw(container));
+		delete old;
+	}
+
+	virtual void free(void* item)
+	{
+		delete static_cast<T*>(item);
+	}
+};
+
+typedef SimpleExtItem<std::string> LocalStringExt;
+
+class CoreExport LocalIntExt : public LocalExtItem
+{
+ public:
+	LocalIntExt(const std::string& key, Module* owner);
+	intptr_t get(const Extensible* container);
+	intptr_t set(Extensible* container, intptr_t value);
+	void free(void* item);
+};
+
+class CoreExport StringExtItem : public ExtensionItem
+{
+ public:
+	StringExtItem(const std::string& key, Module* owner);
+	std::string* get(const Extensible* container);
+	std::string serialize(Module* requestor, const Extensible* container, void* item);
+	void unserialize(Module* requestor, Extensible* container, const std::string& value);
+	void set(Extensible* container, const std::string& value);
+	void unset(Extensible* container);
+	void free(void* item);
+};