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+/* Determine the Java version supported by javaexec.
+   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Written by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>, 2006.
+
+   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, 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef _JAVAVERSION_H
+#define _JAVAVERSION_H
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+
+/* Return information about the Java version used by execute_java_class().
+   This is the value of System.getProperty("java.specification.version").
+   Some possible values are: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6.  Return NULL if
+   the Java version cannot be determined.  */
+extern char * javaexec_version (void);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /* _JAVAVERSION_H */