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+"""Defines extension mechanism for third party to hook into Orion"""
+
+
+class EventDelegate:
+    """Allow extensions to listen to incoming events from Orion.
+    Orion broadcasts events which trigger extensions callbacks.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    name: str
+        name of the event we are creating, this is useful for error reporting
+
+    deferred: bool
+        if false events are triggered as soon as broadcast is called
+        if true the events will need to be triggered manually
+
+    parent: optional
+        Used to specify a hierachy of callbacks for debugging
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name, deferred=False, parent=None) -> None:
+        self.handlers = []
+        self.deferred_calls = []
+        self.name = name
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.deferred = deferred
+        self.bad_handlers = []
+        self.manager = None
+
+    def remove(self, function) -> bool:
+        try:
+            self.handlers.remove(function)
+            return True
+        except ValueError:
+            return False
+
+    def add(self, function):
+        self.handlers.append(function)
+
+    def broadcast(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.deferred:
+            self._execute(args, kwargs)
+            return
+
+        self.deferred_calls.append((args, kwargs))
+
+    def _execute(self, args, kwargs):
+        for fun in self.handlers:
+            try:
+                fun(*args, _parent=self.parent, **kwargs)
+            except Exception as err:
+                if self.manager:
+                    self.manager.broadcast(self.name, fun, err, args=(args, kwargs))
+
+    def execute(self):
+        self.bad_handlers = []
+
+        for args, kwargs in self.deferred_calls:
+            self._execute(args, kwargs)
+
+
+class OrionExtensionManager:
+    """Manages third party extensions for Orion"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._events = {}
+
+        self._get_event('error')
+        self._get_event('start_experiment')
+        self._get_event('new_trial')
+        self._get_event('end_trial')
+        self._get_event('end_experiment')
+
+
+    def _get_event(self, key):
+        """Retrieve or generate a new event delegate"""
+        delegate = self._events.get(key)
+
+        if delegate is None:
+            delegate = EventDelegate(key)
+            delegate.manager = self
+            self._events[key] = delegate
+        
+        return delegate
+
+    def register(self, ext):
+        """Register a new extensions"""
+        for name, delegate in self._events.items():
+            if hasattr(ext, name):
+                delegate.add(getattr(ext, name))
+
+    def unregister(self, ext):
+        """Remove an extensions if it was already registered"""
+        for name, delegate in self._events.items():
+             if hasattr(ext, name):
+                delegate.remove(getattr(ext, name))
+
+
+class OrionExtension:
+    """Base orion extension interface you need to implement"""
+
+    def error(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return
+
+    def start_experiment(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return
+
+    def new_trial(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return
+
+    def end_experiment(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return
+