+#include "base.h"
+
+typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<std::string, User*, std::tr1::insensitive, irc::StrHashComp> user_hash;
+typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<std::string, Channel*, std::tr1::insensitive, irc::StrHashComp> chan_hash;
+
+/** A list holding local users, this is the type of UserManager::local_users
+ */
+typedef std::list<LocalUser*> LocalUserList;
+
+/** A list of failed port bindings, used for informational purposes on startup */
+typedef std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string> > FailedPortList;
+
+/** Holds a complete list of all channels to which a user has been invited and has not yet joined, and the time at which they'll expire.
+ */
+typedef std::vector<Invitation*> InviteList;
+
+/** Holds a complete list of all allow and deny tags from the configuration file (connection classes)
+ */
+typedef std::vector<reference<ConnectClass> > ClassVector;
+
+/** Typedef for the list of user-channel records for a user
+ */
+typedef std::set<Channel*> UserChanList;
+
+/** Shorthand for an iterator into a UserChanList
+ */
+typedef UserChanList::iterator UCListIter;
+
+/** Holds a complete ban list
+ */
+typedef std::vector<BanItem> BanList;
+
+/** A list of custom modes parameters on a channel
+ */
+typedef std::map<char,std::string> CustomModeList;
+
+/** A cached text file stored with its contents as lines
+ */
+typedef std::vector<std::string> file_cache;
+
+/** A configuration key and value pair
+ */
+typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> KeyVal;
+
+/** The entire configuration
+ */
+typedef std::multimap<std::string, reference<ConfigTag> > ConfigDataHash;
+
+/** Iterator of ConfigDataHash */
+typedef ConfigDataHash::const_iterator ConfigIter;
+/** Iterator pair, used for tag-name ranges */
+typedef std::pair<ConfigIter,ConfigIter> ConfigTagList;
+
+/** Index of valid oper blocks and types */
+typedef std::map<std::string, reference<OperInfo> > OperIndex;
+
+/** Files read by the configuration */
+typedef std::map<std::string, file_cache> ConfigFileCache;
+
+/** A hash of commands used by the core
+ */
+typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<std::string,Command*> Commandtable;
+
+/** Membership list of a channel */
+typedef std::map<User*, Membership*> UserMembList;
+/** Iterator of UserMembList */
+typedef UserMembList::iterator UserMembIter;
+/** const Iterator of UserMembList */
+typedef UserMembList::const_iterator UserMembCIter;
+
+/** 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<irc::string, XLine *> XLineLookup;