+/** The entire configuration
+ */
+typedef std::multimap<std::string, reference<ConfigTag>, irc::insensitive_swo> ConfigDataHash;
+
+/** Iterator of ConfigDataHash */
+typedef ConfigDataHash::const_iterator ConfigIter;
+/** Iterator pair, used for tag-name ranges */
+typedef std::pair<ConfigIter,ConfigIter> ConfigTagList;
+
+/** Files read by the configuration */
+typedef std::map<std::string, file_cache> ConfigFileCache;
+
+/** Generic user list, used for exceptions */
+typedef std::set<User*> CUList;
+
+/** A set of strings.
+ */
+typedef std::vector<std::string> string_list;
+
+/** Contains an ident and host split into two strings
+ */
+typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> IdentHostPair;
+
+/** A map of xline factories
+ */
+typedef std::map<std::string, XLineFactory*> XLineFactMap;
+
+/** A map of XLines indexed by string
+ */
+typedef std::map<std::string, XLine*, irc::insensitive_swo> XLineLookup;
+
+/** A map of XLineLookup maps indexed by string
+ */
+typedef std::map<std::string, XLineLookup > XLineContainer;
+
+/** An iterator in an XLineContainer
+ */
+typedef XLineContainer::iterator ContainerIter;
+
+/** An interator in an XLineLookup
+ */
+typedef XLineLookup::iterator LookupIter;