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+#ifndef STAR_PARTICLE_DATABASE_HPP
+#define STAR_PARTICLE_DATABASE_HPP
+
+#include "StarJson.hpp"
+#include "StarThread.hpp"
+#include "StarParticle.hpp"
+
+namespace Star {
+
+STAR_CLASS(ParticleConfig);
+STAR_CLASS(ParticleDatabase);
+
+class ParticleConfig {
+public:
+  ParticleConfig(Json const& config);
+
+  String const& kind();
+  Particle instance();
+
+private:
+  String m_kind;
+  Particle m_particle;
+  Particle m_variance;
+};
+
+class ParticleDatabase {
+public:
+  ParticleDatabase();
+
+  ParticleConfigPtr config(String const& kind) const;
+
+  // If the given variant is a string, loads the particle of that kind,
+  // otherwise loads the given config directly.  If the config is given
+  // directly it is assumed to optionally contain the variance config in-line.
+  ParticleVariantCreator particleCreator(Json const& kindOrConfig, String const& relativePath = "") const;
+
+  // Like particleCreator except just returns a single particle.  Probably not
+  // what you want if you want to support particle variance.
+  Particle particle(Json const& kindOrConfig, String const& relativePath = "") const;
+
+private:
+  StringMap<ParticleConfigPtr> m_configs;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif