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+// Copyright 2014 Citra Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+namespace Loader {
+
+enum FileType {
+        FILETYPE_ERROR,
+
+        FILETYPE_CTR_CCI,
+        FILETYPE_CTR_CIA,
+        FILETYPE_CTR_CXI,
+        FILETYPE_CTR_ELF,
+
+        FILETYPE_DIRECTORY_CXI,
+
+        FILETYPE_UNKNOWN_BIN,
+        FILETYPE_UNKNOWN_ELF,
+
+        FILETYPE_ARCHIVE_RAR,
+        FILETYPE_ARCHIVE_ZIP,
+
+        FILETYPE_NORMAL_DIRECTORY,
+
+        FILETYPE_UNKNOWN
+};
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+/**
+ * Identifies the type of a bootable file
+ * @param filename String filename of bootable file
+ * @return FileType of file
+ */
+FileType IdentifyFile(std::string &filename);
+
+/**
+ * Identifies and loads a bootable file
+ * @param filename String filename of bootable file
+ * @param error_string Point to string to put error message if an error has occurred
+ * @return True on success, otherwise false
+ */
+bool LoadFile(std::string &filename, std::string *error_string);
+
+} // namespace