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+// Please note that this input, used in a variety of #composite/wiki-data
+// utilities, is basically always a kludge. Any usage of it depends on
+// referencing Thing class values defined outside of the #composite folder.
+
+import {input} from '#composite';
+import {isType} from '#validators';
+
+// TODO: Kludge.
+import Thing from '../../things/thing.js';
+
+export default function inputThingClass() {
+  return input.staticValue({
+    validate(thingClass) {
+      isType(thingClass, 'function');
+
+      if (!Object.hasOwn(thingClass, Thing.referenceType)) {
+        throw new TypeError(`Expected a Thing constructor, missing Thing.referenceType`);
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    },
+  });
+}