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+class_name RendererPersistence
+## An interface for per-renderer persistent data.
+##
+## Allows renderers to store key/value data, split into namespaces (usually the renderer name)
+## and channels (files on a filesystem). For every namespace, a folder is created,
+## and populated with JSON files named after the channel name.
+
+
+const _BASE_PATH := "user://renderer_persistence/"
+const _FILE_TEMPLATE := "{namespace}/{channel}.json"
+
+# Dictionary[String -> namespace, Dictionary[String -> channel, Variant]]
+static var _data: Dictionary
+
+#region API
+## Initializes a namespace. Returns [code]false[/code] if the folder for the namespace didn't exist
+## before, useful for initializing defaults.
+static func init_namespace(name_space: String) -> bool:
+	var n := name_space.validate_filename()
+	if _data.get(n) != null:
+		return true
+		
+	var err := _create_namespace_folder(n)
+	if err != OK:
+		print("Could not create namespace: error %s" % err)
+		return false
+	_data[name_space] = {}
+	return false
+
+
+## Returns the corresponding value for the given [param key] in the [param channel] storage.
+## If the key does not exist, returns [param default], or [code]null[/code] if the parameter is omitted.
+static func get_value(name_space: String, channel: String, key: String, default: Variant) -> Variant:
+	_lazy_load_channel(name_space, channel)
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	
+	return (_data[validated_name][validated_channel] as Dictionary).get(key, default)
+
+
+## Sets the value in the [param channel] storage at [param key] to [param value].
+static func set_value(name_space: String, channel: String, key: String, value: Variant) -> void:
+	_lazy_load_channel(name_space, channel)
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	
+	_data[validated_name][validated_channel][key] = value
+
+
+## Returns the corresponding value for the given [param key] in the [param channel] storage.
+## If the key does not exist, creates it in the storage, initializes it to [param default]
+## and returns it.
+static func get_or_create(name_space: String, channel: String, key: String, default: Variant) -> Variant:
+	_lazy_load_channel(name_space, channel)
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	
+	var channel_data: Dictionary = _data[validated_name][validated_channel]
+	return _get_or_create(channel_data, key, default)
+
+
+## Erases an entry in the store by [param key] and returns its previous value,
+## or [code]null[/code] if it didn't exist.
+static func erase(name_space: String, channel: String, key: String) -> Variant:
+	_lazy_load_channel(name_space, channel)
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	
+	var channel_data: Dictionary = _data[validated_name][validated_channel]
+	var ret = channel_data.get(key)
+	channel_data.erase(key)
+	
+	return ret
+
+
+## Commits the [param channel] to the filesystem. If [param channel] is empty,
+## commits all channels in the [param name_space].
+static func commit(name_space: String, channel: String = "") -> void:
+	if !channel.is_empty():
+		_commit_channel(name_space, channel)
+	else:
+		for c: String in _data[name_space]:
+			_commit_channel(name_space, c)
+
+#endregion
+
+
+static func _get_or_create(d: Dictionary, key: String, default: Variant) -> Variant:
+	var r = d.get(key)
+	if r == null:
+		r = default
+		d[key] = r
+	
+	return r
+
+
+static func _create_namespace_folder(name_space: String) -> Error:
+	return DirAccess.make_dir_recursive_absolute(_BASE_PATH.path_join(name_space))
+
+
+static func _lazy_load_channel(name_space: String, channel: String) -> void:
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	if !_data.has(validated_name):
+		print("Namespace %s is not initialized" % name_space)
+		return
+	
+	if (_data[validated_name] as Dictionary).has(validated_channel):
+		return
+	
+	var path := _BASE_PATH.path_join(_FILE_TEMPLATE.format(
+		{
+			"namespace": validated_name,
+			"channel": validated_channel
+		}))
+		
+	var f := FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.READ)
+	if f == null:
+		_data[validated_name][validated_channel] = {}
+		return
+	
+	var data = JSON.parse_string(f.get_as_text())
+	_data[validated_name][validated_channel] = data
+
+
+static func _commit_channel(name_space: String, channel: String) -> void:
+	_lazy_load_channel(name_space, channel)
+	var validated_name := name_space.validate_filename()
+	var validated_channel := channel.validate_filename()
+	
+	var path := _BASE_PATH.path_join(_FILE_TEMPLATE.format(
+		{
+			"namespace": validated_name,
+			"channel": validated_channel
+		}))
+	var f := FileAccess.open(path, FileAccess.WRITE)
+	f.store_string(JSON.stringify(_data[validated_name][validated_channel], "\t", false))