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+#region License
+//
+// The Open Toolkit Library License
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2006 - 2009 the Open Toolkit library.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to 
+// use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+// the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+// so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+// OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+// NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+// HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+// WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+// OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenTK
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides static methods to manage an OpenTK application.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class Toolkit
+    {
+        #region Constructors
+
+        Toolkit() { }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Public Members
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes OpenTK. This method is necessary only if you are using OpenTK
+        /// alongside a different windowing toolkit (e.g. GTK#) and should be the very
+        /// first method called by your application (i.e. calling this method should be
+        /// the very first statement executed by the "Main" method).
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Some windowing toolkits do not configure the underlying platform
+        /// correctly or configure it in a way that is incompatible with OpenTK.
+        /// Calling this method first ensures that OpenTK is given the chance to
+        /// initialize itself and configure the platform correctly.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static void Init()
+        {
+            // The actual initialization takes place in the platform-specific factory
+            // constructors.
+            new Platform.Factory();
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+}