diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/MisoTileManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/MisoTileManager.java
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+//
+// $Id: MisoTileManager.java,v 1.1 2002/04/06 01:46:56 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.miso.tile;
+
+import com.threerings.media.ImageManager;
+import com.threerings.media.tile.TileManager;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the basic tile manager and provides support for automatically
+ * generating fringes in between different types of base tiles in a scene.
+ */
+public class MisoTileManager extends TileManager
+{
+    /**
+     * Creates a tile manager and provides it with a reference to the
+     * image manager from which it will load tileset images.
+     *
+     * @param imgr the image manager via which the tile manager will
+     * decode and cache images.
+     */
+    public MisoTileManager (ImageManager imgr)
+    {
+        super(imgr);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the tileset repository that will be used by the tile manager
+     * when tiles are requested by tileset id. The miso tile manager
+     * requires a miso tileset repository which provides it with
+     * information about fringe configuration in addition to the tilesets.
+     */
+    public void setMisoTileSetRepository (MisoTileSetRepository setrep)
+    {
+        setTileSetRepository(setrep);
+
+        // now that we have a miso tileset repository, we can create our
+        // auto fringer
+        _fringer = new AutoFringer(setrep.getFringeConfiguration(), this);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the auto fringer that has been configured for use by this
+     * tile manager. This will only be valid if this tile manager has been
+     * provided with a miso tileset repository via {@link
+     * #setTileSetRepository}.
+     */
+    public AutoFringer getAutoFringer ()
+    {
+        return _fringer;
+    }
+
+    /** The entity that performs the automatic fringe layer generation. */
+    protected AutoFringer _fringer;
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/MisoTileSetRepository.java b/src/java/com/threerings/miso/tile/MisoTileSetRepository.java
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+//
+// $Id: MisoTileSetRepository.java,v 1.1 2002/04/06 01:46:56 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.miso.tile;
+
+import com.threerings.media.tile.TileSetRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the regular tile set repository and provides access to
+ * configuration information for the {@link AutoFringer}.
+ */
+public interface MisoTileSetRepository extends TileSetRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the configuration information for the {@link AutoFringer}.
+     */
+    public FringeConfiguration getFringeConfiguration ();
+}