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+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace crepe {
+
+class ResourceManager;
+class Asset;
+
+/**
+ * Resource is an interface class used to represent a (deserialized) game
+ * resource (e.g. textures, sounds).
+ */
+class Resource {
+private:
+	/**
+	 * \brief Prototype pattern clone function.
+	 *
+	 * \param src Source file of new resource (abstraction for file saved on
+	 * disk)
+	 *
+	 * \returns New instance of concrete resource
+	 */
+	virtual std::unique_ptr<Resource> clone(const Asset & src) const = 0;
+	/**
+	 * The resource manager uses \c clone to create new instances of the concrete
+	 * resource class. This may be used to inherit references to classes that
+	 * would otherwise need to be implemented as singletons.
+	 */
+	friend class ResourceManager;
+};
+
+} // namespace crepe