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+"""DistributedObjectGlobal module: contains the DistributedObjectGlobal class"""
+
+from direct.showbase.PandaObject import *
+from direct.directnotify.DirectNotifyGlobal import directNotify
+from direct.distributed.DistributedObject import DistributedObject
+
+class DistributedObjectGlobal(DistributedObject):
+    """
+    The Distributed Object Global class is the base class for global 
+    network based (i.e. distributed) objects.
+    """
+    notify = directNotify.newCategory("DistributedObjectGlobal")
+
+    # A few objects will set neverDisable to 1... Examples are
+    # localToon, and anything that lives in the UberZone. This
+    # keeps them from being disabled when you change zones,
+    # even to the quiet zone.
+    neverDisable = 1
+
+    def __init__(self, cr):
+        assert self.notify.debugStateCall(self)
+        DistributedObject.__init__(self, cr)
+        self.parentId = 0
+        self.zoneId = 0