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+/*
+ *   NetCosm - a MUD server
+ *   Copyright (C) 2016 Franklin Wei
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "globals.h"
+
+#include "room.h"
+
+/* the verb API is modeled after that of obj_*, this allows for
+ * dynamic creation/deletion of verbs, but is also easily
+ * serializable.
+ *
+ * so, all verbs are part of a verb class, which has all of its
+ * callbacks.
+ */
+
+struct verb_t;
+struct verb_class_t {
+    const char *class_name;
+
+    void (*hook_exec)(struct verb_t*, char *args, user_t *user);
+};
+
+struct verb_t {
+    char *name;
+
+    struct verb_class_t *class;
+};
+
+struct verb_t *verb_new(const char *class);
+
+void verb_write(int fd, struct verb_t*);
+
+struct verb_t *verb_read(int fd);
+
+void verb_free(void *verb);
+
+/* free the verb_ module's internal data structures */
+void verb_shutdown(void);