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+// based on http://www.velvetcache.org/2010/08/19/a-simple-javascript-hooks-system
+
+var PluginHost = {
+	HOOK_ARTICLE_RENDERED: 1,
+	HOOK_ARTICLE_RENDERED_CDM: 2,
+	HOOK_ARTICLE_SET_ACTIVE: 3,
+	HOOK_FEED_SET_ACTIVE: 4,
+	HOOK_FEED_LOADED: 5,
+	hooks: [],
+	register: function (name, callback) {
+		if (typeof(this.hooks[name]) == 'undefined')
+			this.hooks[name] = [];
+
+		this.hooks[name].push(callback);
+	},
+	run: function (name, args) {
+		console.warn('PluginHost::run ' + name);
+
+		if (typeof(this.hooks[name]) != 'undefined')
+			for (i = 0; i < this.hooks[name].length; i++)
+				if (!this.hooks[name][i](args)) break;
+	}
+};
+
+/* PluginHost.register(PluginHost.HOOK_ARTICLE_RENDERED,
+		function (args) { console.log('ARTICLE_RENDERED: ' + args); return true; });
+
+PluginHost.register(PluginHost.HOOK_ARTICLE_RENDERED_CDM,
+		function (args) { console.log('ARTICLE_RENDERED_CDM: ' + args); return true; }); */
+