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+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+// 
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+// 
+
+#ifndef EXTERNCONSTS_H_
+#define EXTERNCONSTS_H_
+
+//Module names
+extern const char* MOD_FLOWALLOC;
+extern const char* MOD_FA;
+extern const char* MOD_CONNTABLE;
+extern const char* MOD_DA;
+extern const char* MOD_EFCP;
+extern const char* MOD_FAITABLE;
+extern const char* MOD_RESALLOC;
+extern const char* MOD_RA;
+extern const char* MOD_IRM;
+
+//Module parameters
+extern const char* PAR_IPCADDR;
+extern const char* PAR_DIFNAME;
+extern const char* PAR_PORTID;
+extern const char* PAR_CEPID;
+extern const char* PAR_APNAME;
+extern const char* PAR_APINSTANCE;
+extern const char* PAR_AENAME;
+extern const char* PAR_AEINSTANCE;
+extern const char* PAR_CONFIGDATA;
+
+//Gate names
+extern const char* GATE_NORTHIO;
+extern const char* GATE_SOUTHIO;
+extern const char* GATE_EFCPIO;
+extern const char* GATE_RMT;
+extern const char* GATE_APPIO;
+extern const char* GATE_AEIO;
+extern const char* GATE_DATAIO;
+
+//XML attributes and elements
+extern const char* ELEM_APN;
+extern const char* ATTR_APN;
+
+//Values
+extern const int   VAL_QOSPARAMDONOTCARE;
+extern const bool  VAL_QOSPARAMDEFBOOL;
+
+
+#endif /* EXTERNCONSTS_H_ */