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 /*
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Akarsh Simha <akarsh.simha@kdemail.net>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #ifndef NAMERESOLVER_H
 #define NAMERESOLVER_H
 
 #include "skyobject.h"
 
 // Forward declarations
 class QString;
 class CatalogObject;
 
 /**
  * @namespace NameResolver
  *
  * @short Uses name resolver services to get coordinates and
  * information about deep-sky objects, given their names
  *
  * This class uses the CDS Sesame name resolver (and potentially other
  * resolvers) to resolve the names of deep-sky objects, and obtain
  * coordinates, fluxes, alternate designations, and possibly other
  * data.
  *
  * @author Akarsh Simha <akarsh.simha@kdemail.net>
  */
 
 namespace NameResolver
 {
 /**
  * @short Resolve the name of the given DSO and extract data from
  * various sources
  */
 std::pair<bool, CatalogObject> resolveName(const QString &name);
 
 namespace NameResolverInternals
 {
 /**
  * @short Resolve the name and obtain basic data using CDS Sesame service
  *
  * @param data the structure to fill with the obtained data
  * @param name the name (identifier) to resolve
  * @return Success value and the object
  */
 std::pair<bool, CatalogObject> sesameResolver(const QString &name);
 
 /*
  * @short Retrieve additional data from SIMBAD
  *
  * If the object was resolved by SIMBAD, obtain additional data
  * that is not available through CDS Sesame, such as the major and
  * minor axes and position angle of the object.
  *
  * @param data the structure containing data from Sesame, to be
  * filled with additional data
  * @return Success value
  */
 //        bool getDataFromSimbad( CatalogObject &data );
 
 /**
  * @short Interprets object type returned by Sesame
  *
  * This method reads the object type string returned by Sesame
  * / other resolvers and attempts to convert it into a
  * SkyObject type.
  *
  * @param typeString An abbreviated string containing the type of the object
  * @param caseSensitive Should we make a case-sensitive check?
  *
  * @return a SkyObject::TYPE.
  */
 SkyObject::TYPE interpretObjectType(const QString &typeString, bool caseSensitive = true);
 } // namespace NameResolverInternals
 }; // namespace NameResolver
 
 #endif