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+//========= Copyright Valve Corporation, All rights reserved. ============//
+//
+// Purpose: 
+//
+// $NoKeywords: $
+//
+//=============================================================================//
+
+// This defines things that allow particle effects to hook into the particle app.
+#ifndef PARTICLE_PROTOTYPE_H
+#define PARTICLE_PROTOTYPE_H
+
+
+class CParticleMgr;
+class RecvTable;
+
+
+// Command-line args can be passed in to set state or options in the effects.
+class IPrototypeArgAccess
+{
+public:
+	virtual const char*	FindArg(const char *pName, const char *pDefault=0)=0;
+};
+
+
+
+// You must implement this interface for the prototype app to be able to run your effect.
+class IPrototypeAppEffect
+{
+public:
+	virtual				~IPrototypeAppEffect()	{}
+	
+	// Start the effect. You can get command-line args with pArgs.
+	virtual void		Start(CParticleMgr *pParticleMgr, IPrototypeArgAccess *pArgs)=0;
+	
+	// Return false if you don't allow properties to be edited in the prototype app.
+	virtual bool		GetPropEditInfo(RecvTable **ppTable, void **ppObj) {return false;}
+};
+
+
+
+// Used internally.
+typedef IPrototypeAppEffect* (*PrototypeEffectCreateFn)();
+class PrototypeEffectLink
+{
+public:
+							PrototypeEffectLink(PrototypeEffectCreateFn fn, const char *pName);								
+
+	PrototypeEffectCreateFn	m_CreateFn;
+	const char				*m_pEffectName;
+	PrototypeEffectLink		*m_pNext;
+};
+
+
+#ifdef PARTICLEPROTOTYPE_APP
+	extern PrototypeEffectLink *g_pPrototypeEffects;	// The list of prototype effects..
+
+
+	// Expose your effect with this macro.
+	#define EXPOSE_PROTOTYPE_EFFECT(effectName, className)								\
+		static IPrototypeAppEffect* ___Create##effectName##() {return new className;}	\
+		static PrototypeEffectLink ___effectlink_##effectName##(___Create##effectName##, #effectName);
+#else
+	#define EXPOSE_PROTOTYPE_EFFECT(effectName, className)
+#endif
+
+
+#endif
+
+