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+/* gtkiconcachevalidator.4
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+#ifndef __GTK_ICON_CACHE_VALIDATOR_H__
+#define __GTK_ICON_CACHE_VALIDATOR_H__
+
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+enum {
+  CHECK_OFFSETS = 1,
+  CHECK_STRINGS = 2,
+  CHECK_PIXBUFS = 4
+};
+
+typedef struct {
+  const gchar *cache;
+  gsize cache_size;
+  guint32 n_directories;
+  gint flags;
+} CacheInfo;
+
+gboolean _gtk_icon_cache_validate (CacheInfo *info);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif  /* __GTK_ICON_CACHE_VALIDATOR_H__ */