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+package appmodule
+
+import "cosmossdk.io/depinject"
+
+// AppModule is a tag interface for app module implementations to use as a basis
+// for extension interfaces. It provides no functionality itself, but is the
+// type that all valid app modules should provide so that they can be identified
+// by other modules (usually via depinject) as app modules.
+type AppModule interface {
+	depinject.OnePerModuleType
+
+	// IsAppModule is a dummy method to tag a struct as implementing an AppModule.
+	IsAppModule()
+}