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#ifndef TEUCHOS_XML_PARAMETER_LIST_HELPERS_HPP
#define TEUCHOS_XML_PARAMETER_LIST_HELPERS_HPP


/*! \file Teuchos_XMLParameterListHelpers.hpp \brief Additional ParameterList
  XML helper functions including parallel support.
*/


#include "Teuchos_XMLParameterListCoreHelpers.hpp"
#include "Teuchos_Comm.hpp"


namespace Teuchos {


/** \brief On processor rank = 0, reads XML parameters from a file 
 * and broadcasts them to all other processors. Then updates the 
 * given parameter list with these values.
 *
 * \param xmlFileName [in] The file name containing XML parameter list
 * specification.
 *
 * \param paramList [in/out] On input, <tt>*paramList</tt> may be empty or
 * contain some parameters and sublists. On output, parameters and sublist
 * from the file <tt>xmlFileName</tt> will be set or overide those in
 * <tt>*paramList</tt>.
 *
 * \param comm [in] A Comm object used to broadcast the xml.
 *
 * \relates ParameterList
 */
TEUCHOSCOMM_LIB_DLL_EXPORT
void updateParametersFromXmlFileAndBroadcast(
  const std::string &xmlFileName,
  const Ptr<ParameterList> &paramList,
  const Comm<int> &comm
  );


} // namespace Teuchos


#endif // TEUCHOS_XML_PARAMETER_LIST_HELPERS_HPP
