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+--[[
+	An itemsystem
+	public functions:
+		RegisterItem(table_item)				::nil
+			Registers a new item
+		GetItemByName(string_name)				::table_item
+			Returns the master copy of an item by name
+		DeriveItem(table_item,string_name)		::nil
+			Sets the table to a copy of an item. Copying happens in order, so if two items we derive from have a "DoThing" method, and "DoThing" is not defined in the item, the second derived item's "DoThing" method gets called on .DoThing()
+	Item:
+		item.Name						::string
+			Items must have unique names
+		item:Serialize()				::string
+			Turn any instace specific data of this item into a string, should be able to recreate an exact copy of this item in DeSerialize with this data
+		item:DeSerialize(string_data)	::nil
+			Recreate an item. If this item has any instance specific data, it should return a table.Copy(self) with the appropriate fields set.
+		The above must be defined for every item
+	Items may also have methods from one or more interfaces registered with RegisterInterface
+]]
+local log = nrequire("log.lua")
+
+local itm = {}
+local required_fields = {
+	"Name","Serialize","DeSerialize"
+}
+
+local items = {} --Master table of all item prototypes
+function itm.RegisterItem(tbl)
+	for k,v in pairs(required_fields) do
+		assert(tbl[v] ~= nil, string.format("Attempted to register item without field %q",v))
+	end
+	assert(items[tbl.Name] == nil, string.format("Attempted to register 2 items with the same name %q",tbl.Name))
+	log.debug("Registered item: " .. tbl.Name)
+end
+
+function itm.GetItemByName(name)
+	assert(items[name] ~= nil,string.format("Attempted to get item with invalid name %q",name))
+	return items[name]
+end
+
+function itm.GetItemFromData(name,data)
+	assert(items[name] ~= nil,string.format("Attempted to get item with invalid name %q",name))
+	return items[name]:DeSerialize(data)
+end
+
+--Must be called in a coroutine.
+function itm.DeriveItem(tbl,name)
+	while items[name] == nil do
+		coroutine.yield()
+	end
+	--Create a flywieght copy
+	local ret = tbl
+	local mt = {
+		__index = function(tbl,key)
+			return items[name][key]
+		end
+	}
+	setmetatable(ret,mt)
+end
+
+concommand.Add("art_printitems",function()
+	for k,v in pairs(items) do
+		print(k)
+	end
+end)
+
+return itm