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#ifndef rmf_avro_SchemaResolution_hh__
#define rmf_avro_SchemaResolution_hh__

#include "Config.hh"

namespace rmf_avro {


enum SchemaResolution {

    /// The schemas definitely do not match
    
    RESOLVE_NO_MATCH, 

    /// The schemas match at a cursory level
    ///
    /// For records and enums, this means the name is the same, but it does not
    /// necessarily mean that every symbol or field is an exact match.
    
    RESOLVE_MATCH,    

    /// For primitives, the matching may occur if the type is promotable.  This means that the
    /// writer matches reader if the writer's type is promoted the specified type.
    
    //@{
    
    RESOLVE_PROMOTABLE_TO_LONG,
    RESOLVE_PROMOTABLE_TO_FLOAT,
    RESOLVE_PROMOTABLE_TO_DOUBLE,

    //@}

};

} // namespace rmf_avro 

#endif