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+package codechicken.multipart;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import net.minecraft.block.Block;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderBlocks;
+import net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntitySpecialRenderer;
+import net.minecraft.tileentity.TileEntity;
+import net.minecraft.world.IBlockAccess;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import cpw.mods.fml.client.registry.ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler;
+import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.Side;
+import cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.SideOnly;
+
+/**
+ * Everything this class does needs a client: a GL context, a tessellator and a live render pass. Nothing here can run
+ * it. What can be pinned is the contract two other parties depend on and the ABI diff cannot see.
+ * <p>
+ * guidenh reflects on both {@code MultipartRenderer} and {@code MultipartRenderer$} by name, calling renderWorldBlock
+ * as a static first and falling back to the companion's MODULE$. Forge needs the singleton to be both a
+ * TileEntitySpecialRenderer and an ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler to accept it at registration.
+ * <p>
+ * Every lookup uses {@code initialize = false}. Initialising the companion runs its constructor, which claims a render
+ * id from Forge's RenderingRegistry, and that has no business happening in a test.
+ */
+class MultipartRendererCharacterizationTest {
+
+    private static final String RENDERER = "codechicken.multipart.MultipartRenderer";
+    private static final String COMPANION = "codechicken.multipart.MultipartRenderer$";
+
+    @Test
+    void theStaticGuidenhCallsFirstKeepsItsExactSignature() throws Exception {
+        Method renderWorldBlock = load(RENDERER).getDeclaredMethod(
+                "renderWorldBlock",
+                IBlockAccess.class,
+                int.class,
+                int.class,
+                int.class,
+                Block.class,
+                int.class,
+                RenderBlocks.class);
+
+        assertSame(boolean.class, renderWorldBlock.getReturnType());
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isPublic(renderWorldBlock.getModifiers()));
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isStatic(renderWorldBlock.getModifiers()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void theRemainingRenderingCallbacksStayAvailableAsStatics() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> renderer = load(RENDERER);
+
+        assertStatic(renderer.getDeclaredMethod("getRenderId"), int.class);
+        assertStatic(
+                renderer.getDeclaredMethod(
+                        "renderTileEntityAt",
+                        TileEntity.class,
+                        double.class,
+                        double.class,
+                        double.class,
+                        float.class),
+                void.class);
+        assertStatic(
+                renderer.getDeclaredMethod(
+                        "renderInventoryBlock",
+                        Block.class,
+                        int.class,
+                        int.class,
+                        RenderBlocks.class),
+                void.class);
+        assertStatic(renderer.getDeclaredMethod("shouldRender3DInInventory", int.class), boolean.class);
+    }
+
+    /** guidenh's fallback path, and the only handle on the instance Forge registers. */
+    @Test
+    void theCompanionKeepsItsSingletonField() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> companion = load(COMPANION);
+        Field module = companion.getField("MODULE$");
+
+        assertSame(companion, module.getType());
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isPublic(module.getModifiers()));
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isStatic(module.getModifiers()));
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isFinal(module.getModifiers()));
+    }
+
+    /** Forge rejects the registration outright if either of these is missing. */
+    @Test
+    void theSingletonIsBothRendererKindsForgeRegisters() throws Exception {
+        Class<?> companion = load(COMPANION);
+
+        assertTrue(
+                TileEntitySpecialRenderer.class.isAssignableFrom(companion),
+                "bindTileEntitySpecialRenderer needs a TileEntitySpecialRenderer");
+        assertTrue(
+                ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(companion),
+                "registerBlockHandler needs an ISimpleBlockRenderingHandler");
+    }
+
+    /** Both classes are stripped on a dedicated server, so both must carry the annotation, not just the companion. */
+    @Test
+    void bothClassesStayClientOnly() throws Exception {
+        for (String name : new String[] { RENDERER, COMPANION }) {
+            SideOnly sideOnly = load(name).getAnnotation(SideOnly.class);
+
+            assertNotNull(sideOnly, name + " must stay @SideOnly");
+            assertEquals(Side.CLIENT, sideOnly.value(), name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void assertStatic(Method method, Class<?> returnType) {
+        assertSame(returnType, method.getReturnType(), method.getName());
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()), method.getName());
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers()), method.getName());
+    }
+
+    private static Class<?> load(String name) throws Exception {
+        return Class.forName(name, false, MultipartRendererCharacterizationTest.class.getClassLoader());
+    }
+}