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+package dark.api.events;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
+import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.World;
+import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.Cancelable;
+import net.minecraftforge.event.Event;
+import universalelectricity.core.vector.Vector3;
+import dark.core.prefab.machine.TileEntityMachine;
+
+public class MachineMiningEvent extends Event
+{
+    public final World world;
+    public final Vector3 spot;
+    public final TileEntity machine;
+
+    public MachineMiningEvent(World world, Vector3 spot, TileEntity machine)
+    {
+        this.world = world;
+        this.spot = spot;
+        this.machine = machine;
+    }
+
+    @Cancelable
+    public static class PreMine extends MachineMiningEvent
+    {
+        public PreMine(World world, Vector3 spot, TileEntity machine)
+        {
+            super(world, spot, machine);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class MiningDrop extends MachineMiningEvent
+    {
+        List<ItemStack> items;
+
+        public MiningDrop(World world, Vector3 spot, TileEntity machine, List<ItemStack> items)
+        {
+            super(world, spot, machine);
+            this.items = items;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class PostMine extends MachineMiningEvent
+    {
+        public PostMine(World world, Vector3 spot, TileEntity machine)
+        {
+            super(world, spot, machine);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static boolean doMachineMiningCheck(World world, Vector3 target, TileEntity machine)
+    {
+        int blockID = target.getBlockID(world);
+        Block block = Block.blocksList[blockID];
+        if (block != null && !block.isAirBlock(world, target.intX(), target.intY(), target.intZ()) && block.getBlockHardness(world, target.intX(), target.intY(), target.intZ()) >= 0)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public static List<ItemStack> getItemsMined(World world, Vector3 target, TileEntity machine)
+    {
+        int blockID = target.getBlockID(world);
+        int meta = target.getBlockMetadata(world);
+        Block block = Block.blocksList[blockID];
+        if (block != null)
+        {
+            List<ItemStack> items = block.getBlockDropped(world, target.intX(), target.intY(), target.intZ(), meta, 1);
+            MiningDrop event = new MiningDrop(world, target, machine, items);
+            MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.post(event);
+            items = event.items;
+            return items;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}