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+// Copyright 2024, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * RichDragListener extends DragListener to integrate PhET-specific features that should be broadly applied to
+ * DragListener instances in PhET sims.
+ *
+ * For grab and release sounds, responsibilities include:
+ * - provide default sound files
+ * - create SoundClips and register them with soundManager
+ * - dispose of SoundClips and deregister them with soundManager
+ *
+ * @author Agustín Vallejo
+ * @author Michael Kauzmann
+ * @author Chris Malley (PixelZoom, Inc.)
+ */
+
+import sceneryPhet from './sceneryPhet.js';
+import { DragListener, DragListenerOptions, PressedDragListener } from '../../scenery/js/imports.js';
+import optionize from '../../phet-core/js/optionize.js';
+import SoundClip, { SoundClipOptions } from '../../tambo/js/sound-generators/SoundClip.js';
+import grab_mp3 from '../../tambo/sounds/grab_mp3.js';
+import release_mp3 from '../../tambo/sounds/release_mp3.js';
+import soundManager, { SoundGeneratorAddOptions } from '../../tambo/js/soundManager.js';
+import WrappedAudioBuffer from '../../tambo/js/WrappedAudioBuffer.js';
+
+const DEFAULT_DRAG_CLIP_OPTIONS: SoundClipOptions = {
+  initialOutputLevel: 0.4
+};
+const DEFAULT_ADD_SOUND_GENERATOR_OPTIONS: SoundGeneratorAddOptions = { categoryName: 'user-interface' };
+
+type SelfOptions = {
+
+  // Grab and release sounds. null means no sound.
+  grabSound?: WrappedAudioBuffer | null;
+  releaseSound?: WrappedAudioBuffer | null;
+
+  // Passed to the grab and release SoundClip instances.
+  grabSoundClipOptions?: SoundClipOptions;
+  releaseSoundClipOptions?: SoundClipOptions;
+
+  // addSoundGeneratorOptions
+  grabSoundGeneratorAddOptions?: SoundGeneratorAddOptions;
+  releaseSoundGeneratorAddOptions?: SoundGeneratorAddOptions;
+};
+
+// Pattern followed from DragListenerOptions.
+export type PressedRichDragListener = RichPointerDragListener & PressedDragListener;
+
+export type RichDragListenerOptions<Listener extends PressedRichDragListener = PressedRichDragListener> = SelfOptions & DragListenerOptions<Listener>;
+
+export default class RichPointerDragListener extends DragListener {
+
+  public constructor( providedOptions: RichDragListenerOptions ) {
+
+    const options = optionize<RichDragListenerOptions, SelfOptions, DragListenerOptions<PressedRichDragListener>>()( {
+
+      // SelfOptions
+      grabSound: grab_mp3,
+      releaseSound: release_mp3,
+      grabSoundClipOptions: DEFAULT_DRAG_CLIP_OPTIONS,
+      releaseSoundClipOptions: DEFAULT_DRAG_CLIP_OPTIONS,
+      grabSoundGeneratorAddOptions: DEFAULT_ADD_SOUND_GENERATOR_OPTIONS,
+      releaseSoundGeneratorAddOptions: DEFAULT_ADD_SOUND_GENERATOR_OPTIONS
+    }, providedOptions );
+
+    // Create the grab SoundClip and wire it into the start function for the drag cycle.
+    let grabClip: SoundClip;
+    if ( options.grabSound ) {
+
+      grabClip = new SoundClip( options.grabSound, options.grabSoundClipOptions );
+      soundManager.addSoundGenerator( grabClip, options.grabSoundGeneratorAddOptions );
+
+      const previousStart = options.start;
+      options.start = ( ...args ) => {
+        previousStart && previousStart( ...args );
+        grabClip.play();
+      };
+    }
+
+    // Create the release SoundClip and wire it into the end function for the drag cycle.
+    let releaseClip: SoundClip;
+    if ( options.releaseSound ) {
+
+      releaseClip = new SoundClip( options.releaseSound, options.releaseSoundClipOptions );
+      soundManager.addSoundGenerator( releaseClip, options.releaseSoundGeneratorAddOptions );
+
+      const previousEnd = options.end;
+      options.end = ( ...args ) => {
+        previousEnd && previousEnd( ...args );
+        !this.interrupted && releaseClip.play();
+      };
+    }
+
+    super( options );
+
+    // Clean up SoundClips when this RichDragListener is disposed.
+    this.disposeEmitter.addListener( () => {
+      if ( grabClip ) {
+        grabClip.dispose();
+        soundManager.removeSoundGenerator( grabClip );
+      }
+
+      if ( releaseClip ) {
+        releaseClip.dispose();
+        soundManager.removeSoundGenerator( releaseClip );
+      }
+    } );
+  }
+}
+
+sceneryPhet.register( 'RichDragListener', RichPointerDragListener );
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