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+/*####COPYRIGHTBEGIN####
+ -------------------------------------------
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Steve Karg
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to 
+ The Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 
+ Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+ As a special exception, if other files instantiate templates or
+ use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile
+ this file and link it with other works to produce a work based
+ on this file, this file does not by itself cause the resulting
+ work to be covered by the GNU General Public License. However
+ the source code for this file must still be made available in
+ accordance with section (3) of the GNU General Public License.
+
+ This exception does not invalidate any other reasons why a work
+ based on this file might be covered by the GNU General Public
+ License.
+ -------------------------------------------
+####COPYRIGHTEND####*/
+#ifndef BACTEXT_H
+#define BACTEXT_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "indtext.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+const char *bactext_confirmed_service_name(int index);
+const char *bactext_unconfirmed_service_name(int index);
+const char *bactext_application_tag_name(int index);
+const char *bactext_object_type_name(int index);
+const char *bactext_property_name(int index);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif