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+// -*- c++ -*-
+// Distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE for details.
+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+struct Settings;
+
+//! Locate file (needle) in the provided search path list (haystack)
+//! The provided settings is used to control verbosity during the search.
+//! \returns a std::filesystem::path pointing to path in which file was found
+//! - empty if not found.
+std::filesystem::path findFile(const Settings& settings,
+                               const std::string& needle,
+                               const std::vector<std::string>& haystack);
+
+//! Locate header (needle) in the provided search path list (haystack)
+//! The provided settings is used to control verbosity during the search as well
+//! as providing the search paths defaults for headers.
+//! The argument provided haystack is prepended to the one supplied by settings.
+//! \returns a std::filesystem::path pointing to path where the file was found
+//! - empty if not found.
+std::filesystem::path findHeader(const Settings& settings,
+                                 const std::string& needle,
+                                 const std::vector<std::string>& haystack);
+
+
+std::vector<std::filesystem::path> findBasename(const Settings& settings,
+                                                const std::string& needle,
+                                                const std::vector<std::string>& haystack);
+
+std::vector<std::filesystem::path> findLibrary(const Settings& settings,
+                                               const std::string& needle,
+                                               const std::vector<std::string>& haystack);