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+// This file is part of BOINC.
+// http://boinc.berkeley.edu
+// Copyright (C) 2010 University of California
+//
+// BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// BOINC 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+// Provide cross-platform interfaces for making changes to VirtualBox
+
+#ifndef _VBOX_H_
+#define _VBOX_H_
+
+extern int virtualbox_generate_vm_root_dir( std::string& dir );
+extern int virtualbox_generate_vm_name( std::string& name );
+extern int virtualbox_generate_medium_uuid( int drive_id, std::string& uuid );
+
+extern bool virtualbox_vm_is_registered();
+extern bool virtualbox_vm_is_running();
+
+extern int virtualbox_initialize();
+extern int virtualbox_register_vm();
+extern int virtualbox_deregister_vm();
+extern int virtualbox_cleanup();
+
+extern int virtualbox_startvm();
+extern int virtualbox_stopvm();
+extern int virtualbox_pausevm();
+extern int virtualbox_resumevm();
+
+extern int virtualbox_monitor();
+
+#endif