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+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Lumina.Excel;
+using Lumina.Excel.CustomSheets;
+using Lumina.Text;
+using Lumina.Text.Payloads;
+
+namespace LLib;
+
+public static class DataManagerExtensions
+{
+    public static string GetDialogue<T>(IDataManager dataManager, string key, IPluginLog? pluginLog)
+        where T : QuestDialogueText
+    {
+        string result = dataManager.GetExcelSheet<T>()!
+            .Single(x => x.Key == key)
+            .Value
+            .ToString();
+        pluginLog?.Verbose($"{typeof(T).Name}.{key} => {result}");
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public static SeString? GetSeString<T>(this IDataManager dataManager, uint rowId, Func<T, SeString?> mapper)
+        where T : ExcelRow
+    {
+        var row = dataManager.GetExcelSheet<T>()?.GetRow(rowId);
+        if (row == null)
+            return null;
+
+        return mapper(row);
+    }
+
+    public static  string? GetString<T>(this IDataManager dataManager, uint rowId, Func<T, SeString?> mapper, IPluginLog? pluginLog = null)
+        where T : ExcelRow
+    {
+        string? text = GetSeString(dataManager, rowId, mapper)?.ToString();
+
+        pluginLog?.Verbose($"{typeof(T).Name}.{rowId} => {text}");
+        return text;
+    }
+
+    public static  Regex? GetRegex<T>(this IDataManager dataManager, uint rowId, Func<T, SeString?> mapper, IPluginLog? pluginLog = null)
+        where T : ExcelRow
+    {
+        SeString? text = GetSeString(dataManager, rowId, mapper);
+        if (text == null)
+            return null;
+
+        string regex = string.Join("", text.Payloads.Select(payload =>
+        {
+            if (payload is TextPayload)
+                return Regex.Escape(payload.RawString);
+            else
+                return ".*";
+        }));
+        pluginLog?.Verbose($"{typeof(T).Name}.{rowId} => /{regex}/");
+        return new Regex(regex);
+    }
+}