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+/* Clutter.
+ * An OpenGL based 'interactive canvas' library.
+ * Authored By Matthew Allum  <mallum@openedhand.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 OpenedHand
+ *
+ * This library 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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 library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CLUTTER_EGL_HEADERS_H__
+#define __CLUTTER_EGL_HEADERS_H__
+
+#include <cogl/cogl.h>
+
+#if defined(COGL_HAS_GLES1)
+#include <GLES/gl.h>
+#include <GLES/egl.h>
+#else
+
+#include <EGL/egl.h>
+#define NativeDisplayType EGLNativeDisplayType
+#define NativeWindowType EGLNativeWindowType
+
+#if defined(COGL_HAS_GLES2)
+#include <GLES2/gl2.h>
+#elif defined(COGL_HAS_GL)
+#include <GL/gl.h>
+#else
+#error Unknown Cogl backend
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !COGL_HAS_GLES1 */
+
+#endif /* __CLUTTER_EGL_HEADERS_H__ */