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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2018, Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Infosys Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#ifndef __JSON_DATA_H_
+#define __JSON_DATA_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char *
+get_string_scalar(char *path);
+
+int
+get_ip_scalar(char *path);
+
+int
+get_int_scalar(char *path);
+
+int
+load_json(char *filename);
+
+#endif /**/