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+<doxygenlayout version="1.0">
+  <!-- Generated by doxygen 1.8.20 -->
+  <!-- Navigation index tabs for HTML output -->
+  <navindex>
+    <tab type="mainpage" visible="yes" title=""/>
+    <tab type="classes" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="classlist" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="classindex" visible="no" title=""/>
+      <tab type="hierarchy" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="classmembers" visible="no" title="" intro=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="modules" visible="yes" title="Constants" intro="Here is a list of constants:"/>
+    <tab type="pages" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+    <tab type="namespaces" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="namespacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="namespacemembers" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="interfaces" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="interfacelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="interfaceindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
+      <tab type="interfacehierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="structs" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="structlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="structindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="exceptions" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="exceptionlist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="exceptionindex" visible="$ALPHABETICAL_INDEX" title=""/>
+      <tab type="exceptionhierarchy" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="files" visible="yes" title="">
+      <tab type="filelist" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+      <tab type="globals" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+    </tab>
+    <tab type="examples" visible="yes" title="" intro=""/>
+  </navindex>
+</doxygenlayout>