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+//========= Copyright Valve Corporation, All rights reserved. ============//
+//
+// Purpose: 
+//
+//=============================================================================
+
+#ifndef ITOOLDICTIONARY_H
+#define ITOOLDICTIONARY_H
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include "appframework/IAppSystem.h"
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Forward declaration
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class IToolSystem;
+
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Purpose: Every tool dll sitting in bin\tools must expose this interface
+//  The engine will load the .dll, get this interface, and then ask for all
+//  tools in the .dll
+// The engine will call CreateTools just before querying for the tools, so you 
+//  can instance any dynamically instanced tools during that call
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class IToolDictionary : public IAppSystem
+{
+public:
+	virtual void		CreateTools() = 0;
+	virtual int			GetToolCount() const = 0;
+	virtual IToolSystem	*GetTool( int index ) = 0;
+};
+
+#define VTOOLDICTIONARY_INTERFACE_VERSION "VTOOLDICTIONARY002"
+
+#endif // ITOOLDICTIONARY_H