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+/*  This file is part of the OpenLB library
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2016 Jonas Latt, Mathias J. Krause
+ *  E-mail contact: info@openlb.net
+ *  The most recent release of OpenLB can be downloaded at
+ *  <http://www.openlb.net/>
+ *
+ *  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
+ *  of the License, 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 SERIALIZER_IO_H
+#define SERIALIZER_IO_H
+
+#include "core/serializer.h"
+#include <ostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+namespace olb {
+
+class Serializer;
+
+/// processes data from a serializer to a given ostr, always in parallel
+void serializer2ostr(Serializer& serializer, std::ostream& ostr, bool enforceUint=false);
+/// processes an istr to a serializer, always in parallel
+void istr2serializer(Serializer& serializer, std::istream& istr, bool enforceUint=false);
+
+} // namespace olb
+
+#endif