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+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use mingling_core::{ChainProcess, Groupped, ProgramCollect};
+
+use crate::{Pickable, Picker, PickerArg, PickerArgs, PickerPattern1};
+
+/// Trait for converting Mingling entry types (types that implement `Groupped<R>` and `Into<Vec<String>>`)
+/// into [`Picker`] instances for a given route type `R`.
+///
+/// This trait provides a bridge between entry definitions created with the `mingling` framework
+/// and the picker argument system used for CLI argument parsing and routing.
+///
+/// # Type Parameters
+///
+/// * `'a` — The lifetime of the picker and its references to argument definitions.
+/// * `This` — The program type used for dispatching runtime routes; must implement [`ProgramCollect`].
+/// * `Route` — The route type used for dispatching; must implement [`Groupped<This>`].
+pub trait EntryPicker<'a, This> {
+    /// Converts `self` into a [`Picker`] for the given route type `Route`.
+    fn to_picker(self) -> Picker<'a, ChainProcess<This>>;
+
+    /// Starts building a picker pattern with the first argument.
+    ///
+    /// Returns a [`PickerPattern1`] that can be further chained with additional
+    /// arguments, defaults, routes, and post-processing.
+    ///
+    /// # Type Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `Next` — The nominal type of the first argument; must implement [`Pickable`].
+    ///
+    /// # Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `arg` — The argument definition, typically obtained from [`crate::arg`].
+    fn pick<Next>(
+        self,
+        arg: impl Into<&'a PickerArg<'a, Next>>,
+    ) -> PickerPattern1<'a, Next, ChainProcess<This>>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+        Next: Pickable<'a> + Default + Sized,
+    {
+        let picker = Self::to_picker(self);
+        Picker::build_pattern1(picker.args, arg.into(), None)
+    }
+
+    /// Starts building a picker pattern with the first argument, using a default value provider.
+    ///
+    /// This is a shorthand for calling `.pick(arg).or(func)`.
+    ///
+    /// # Type Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `Next` — The nominal type of the first argument; must implement [`Pickable`].
+    ///
+    /// # Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `arg` — The argument definition, typically obtained from [`crate::arg`].
+    /// * `func` — A closure that provides a default value if the arg is not provided by the user.
+    fn pick_or<Next, F>(
+        self,
+        arg: impl Into<&'a PickerArg<'a, Next>>,
+        func: F,
+    ) -> PickerPattern1<'a, Next, ChainProcess<This>>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+        Next: Pickable<'a> + Default + Sized,
+        F: FnMut() -> Next + 'static,
+    {
+        self.pick(arg).or(func)
+    }
+
+    /// Starts building a picker pattern with the first argument, using a default value.
+    ///
+    /// This is a shorthand for calling `.pick(arg).or_default()`.
+    ///
+    /// # Type Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `Next` — The nominal type of the first argument; must implement [`Pickable`] and [`Default`].
+    ///
+    /// # Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `arg` — The argument definition, typically obtained from [`crate::arg`].
+    fn pick_or_default<Next>(
+        self,
+        arg: impl Into<&'a PickerArg<'a, Next>>,
+    ) -> PickerPattern1<'a, Next, ChainProcess<This>>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+        Next: Pickable<'a> + Default + Sized,
+    {
+        self.pick(arg).or_default()
+    }
+
+    /// Starts building a picker pattern with the first argument, using a route if the arg is not provided.
+    ///
+    /// This is a shorthand for calling `.pick(arg).or_route(func)`.
+    ///
+    /// # Type Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `Next` — The nominal type of the first argument; must implement [`Pickable`].
+    ///
+    /// # Parameters
+    ///
+    /// * `arg` — The argument definition, typically obtained from [`crate::arg`].
+    /// * `func` — A closure that produces a route value if the arg is not provided by the user.
+    fn pick_or_route<Next, F>(
+        self,
+        arg: impl Into<&'a PickerArg<'a, Next>>,
+        func: F,
+    ) -> PickerPattern1<'a, Next, ChainProcess<This>>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+        Next: Pickable<'a> + Default + Sized,
+        F: FnMut() -> ChainProcess<This> + 'static,
+    {
+        self.pick(arg).or_route(func)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, This, Bind> EntryPicker<'a, This> for Bind
+where
+    This: ProgramCollect<Enum = This>,
+    Bind: Groupped<This> + Into<Vec<String>>,
+{
+    fn to_picker(self) -> Picker<'a, ChainProcess<This>> {
+        let args = self.into();
+        Picker {
+            route_phantom: PhantomData,
+            args: PickerArgs::Owned(args),
+        }
+    }
+}