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+#ifndef __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_READ_EPARS_H__
+#define __VIENNA_RNA_PACKAGE_READ_EPARS_H__
+
+/**
+ * \addtogroup energy_parameters_rw
+ * \brief Read and Write energy parameter sets from and to text files
+ *
+ * A default set of parameters, identical to the one described in
+ * \cite mathews:2004 and \cite turner:2010, is compiled into the library.
+ *
+ * @{
+ * \file read_epars.h
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ *
+ */
+enum parset {
+ UNKNOWN= -1, QUIT,
+ S, S_H, HP, HP_H, B, B_H, IL, IL_H, MMH, MMH_H, MMI, MMI_H,
+ MMI1N, MMI1N_H, MMI23, MMI23_H, MMM, MMM_H, MME, MME_H, D5, D5_H, D3, D3_H,
+ INT11, INT11_H, INT21, INT21_H, INT22, INT22_H, ML, TL,
+ TRI, HEX, NIN, MISC};
+
+/**
+ * \brief Read energy parameters from a file
+ *
+ * \param fname The path to the file containing the energy parameters
+ */
+void read_parameter_file(const char fname[]);
+
+/**
+ * \brief Write energy parameters to a file
+ *
+ * \param fname A filename (path) for the file where the current energy parameters will be written to
+ */
+void write_parameter_file(const char fname[]);
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ *
+ */
+enum parset gettype(const char *ident);
+
+/**
+ * \brief
+ *
+ */
+char *settype(enum parset s);
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#endif