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+
+#pragma once
+
+// fwd:
+class cBroadcastInterface;
+class cChunkInterface;
+class cForEachChunkProvider;
+class cWorld;
+class cWorldInterface;
+
+/** Utilities to allow casting a cWorld to one of its interfaces without including World.h. */
+namespace World
+{
+	// Defined in World.cpp
+	cBroadcastInterface *   GetBroadcastInterface(cWorld * a_World);
+	cForEachChunkProvider * GetFECProvider       (cWorld * a_World);
+	cWorldInterface *       GetWorldInterface    (cWorld * a_World);
+
+	inline cBroadcastInterface &   GetBroadcastInterface(cWorld & a_World) { return *GetBroadcastInterface(&a_World); }
+	inline cForEachChunkProvider & GetFECProvider       (cWorld & a_World) { return *GetFECProvider(&a_World); }
+	inline cWorldInterface &       GetWorldInterface    (cWorld & a_World) { return *GetWorldInterface(&a_World); }
+
+	// cChunkInterface is more like a pimpl for cChunkMap than an interface so it needs to be returned by value
+	cChunkInterface GetChunkInterface(cWorld & a_World);
+}