clarified signature: more explicit class Entity_Context with private state + operations;
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*.class
*.jar
*.marks
*.orig
*.rej
.DS_Store
.swp
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^contrib
^heaps/
^browser_info/
^doc/.*\.pdf
^src/Tools/VSCode/out/
^src/Tools/VSCode/extension/node_modules/
^Admin/jenkins/ci-extras/target/