--- deliantra/server/include/object.h	2009/01/08 03:03:24	1.196
+++ deliantra/server/include/object.h	2009/01/11 06:08:40	1.198
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
  * 
- * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  * Copyright (©) 2001,2007 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
  * Copyright (©) 1992,2007 Frank Tore Johansen
  * 
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@
   shstr ACC (RW, custom_name);	/* Custom name assigned by player */
 };
 
+const char *query_weight (const object *op);
+const char *query_short_name (const object *op);
+const char *query_name (const object *op);
+const char *query_base_name (const object *op, int plural);
+
 struct object : zero_initialised, object_copy
 {
   // These variables are not changed by ->copy_to
@@ -380,7 +385,8 @@
   // recursively destroy all objects in inventory, optionally dropping them to the ground instead
   MTH void destroy_inv (bool drop_to_ground = false);
   MTH object *insert (object *item); // insert into inventory
-  MTH void play_sound (faceidx sound);
+  MTH void play_sound (faceidx sound) const;
+  MTH void say_msg (const char *msg) const;
 
   void do_remove ();
   MTH void remove ()
@@ -525,19 +531,19 @@
   }
 
   // returns the outermost environment, never returns 0
-  MTH object *outer_env ()
+  MTH object *outer_env () const
   {
-    object *op;
+    const object *op;
 
     for (op = this; op->env; op = op->env)
       ;
 
-    return op;
+    return const_cast<object *>(op);
   }
 
   // returns the player that has this object in his inventory, or 0
   // we assume the player is always the outer env
-  MTH object *in_player ()
+  MTH object *in_player () const
   {
     object *op = outer_env ();
 
@@ -545,12 +551,12 @@
   }
 
   // "temporary" helper function
-  MTH object *head_ ()
+  MTH object *head_ () const
   {
-    return head ? head : this;
+    return head ? head : const_cast<object *>(this);
   }
 
-  MTH bool is_head ()
+  MTH bool is_head () const
   {
     return head_ () == this;
   }
@@ -588,6 +594,11 @@
   MTH std::string describe_item    (object *who = 0);
   MTH std::string describe         (object *who = 0);
 
+  MTH const char *query_weight     () { return ::query_weight     (this); }
+  MTH const char *query_name       () { return ::query_name       (this); }
+  MTH const char *query_short_name () { return ::query_short_name (this); }
+  MTH const char *query_base_name  (bool plural) { return ::query_base_name (this, plural); }
+
   // If this object has no extra parts but should have them,
   // add them, effectively expanding heads into multipart
   // objects. This method only works on objects not inserted