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+#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_CONVERT_EPARS_H__
+#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_CONVERT_EPARS_H__
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup energy_parameters_convert
+ * \brief Convert energy parameter files into the latest format
+ *
+ * To preserve some backward compatibility the RNAlib also provides
+ * functions to convert energy parameter files from the format used
+ * in version 1.4-1.8 into the new format used since version 2.0
+ *
+ * @{
+ * \file convert_epars.h
+ * \brief Functions and definitions for energy parameter file format conversion
+ */
+
+/** Flag to indicate printing of a complete parameter set */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_ALL 1U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of hairpin contributions */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_HP 2U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of base pair stack contributions */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_STACK 4U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of hairpin mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_HP 8U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of interior loop mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT 16U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 1:n interior loop mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT_1N 32U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 2:3 interior loop mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT_23 64U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of multi loop mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_MULTI 128U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of exterior loop mismatch contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_EXT 256U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 5' dangle conctribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DANGLE5 512U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 3' dangle contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DANGLE3 1024U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 1:1 interior loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_11 2048U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 2:1 interior loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_21 4096U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of 2:2 interior loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_22 8192U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of bulge loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_BULGE 16384U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of interior loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT 32768U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of multi loop contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_ML 65536U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of misc contributions (such as terminalAU) */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MISC 131072U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of special hairpin contributions (tri-, tetra-, hexa-loops) */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_SPECIAL_HP 262144U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of given parameters only\n\note This option overrides all other output options, except #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DUMP ! */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_VANILLA 524288U
+/** Flag to indicate printing of interior loop asymmetry contribution */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_NINIO 1048576U
+/** Flag to indicate dumping the energy contributions from the library instead of an input file */
+#define VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DUMP 2097152U
+
+/**
+ * Convert/dump a Vienna 1.8.4 formatted energy parameter file
+ *
+ * The options argument allows to control the different output modes.\n
+ * Currently available options are:\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_ALL, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_HP, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_STACK\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_HP, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT_1N\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_INT_23, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_MULTI, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MM_EXT\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DANGLE5, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DANGLE3, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_11\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_21, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT_22, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_BULGE\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_INT, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_ML, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_MISC\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_SPECIAL_HP, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_VANILLA, #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_NINIO\n
+ * #VRNA_CONVERT_OUTPUT_DUMP
+ *
+ * The defined options are fine for bitwise compare- and assignment-operations,
+ * e. g.: pass a collection of options as a single value like this:
+ * \verbatim convert_parameter_file(ifile, ofile, option_1 | option_2 | option_n) \endverbatim
+ *
+ * \param iname The input file name (If NULL input is read from stdin)
+ * \param oname The output file name (If NULL output is written to stdout)
+ * \param options The options (as described above)
+ */
+void convert_parameter_file(const char *iname,
+ const char *oname,
+ unsigned int options);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+#endif