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/** @addtogroup Engine
    @{ */
/** @addtogroup Business
    The Business Engine provides a set of structures for
    that provide small-business accounting features.
    @{ */

/** @file gncBusiness.h -- Business Helper Functions
 *  @author Copyright (C) 2002 Derek Atkins
 *  @author Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
 */

/** @} */
/** @} */
#ifndef GNC_BUSINESS_H_
#define GNC_BUSINESS_H_

#include <glib.h>
#include "qof.h"
#include "Account.h"

/* @deprecated backwards-compat definitions */
#define GNC_BILLTERM_MODULE_NAME GNC_ID_BILLTERM
#define GNC_CUSTOMER_MODULE_NAME GNC_ID_CUSTOMER
#define GNC_EMPLOYEE_MODULE_NAME GNC_ID_EMPLOYEE
#define GNC_ENTRY_MODULE_NAME    GNC_ID_ENTRY
#define GNC_INVOICE_MODULE_NAME  GNC_ID_INVOICE
#define GNC_JOB_MODULE_NAME      GNC_ID_JOB
#define GNC_ORDER_MODULE_NAME    GNC_ID_ORDER
#define GNC_OWNER_MODULE_NAME    GNC_ID_OWNER
#define GNC_TAXTABLE_MODULE_NAME GNC_ID_TAXTABLE
#define GNC_VENDOR_MODULE_NAME   GNC_ID_VENDOR

/* The initialization of the business objects is done in
 * cashobjects_register() of <engine/cashobjects.h>. */

#ifndef DI
# ifdef _MSC_VER
/* MSVC compiler doesn't have C99 "designated initializers"
 * so we wrap them in a macro that is empty on MSVC. */
#  define DI(x) /* */
# else
#  define DI(x) x
# endif
#endif

/** Returns a GList of all objects of the given type_name in the given
 * book. */
GList * gncBusinessGetList (QofBook *book, QofIdTypeConst type_name,
                            gboolean all_including_inactive);

/** For SWIG: A GList containing GncOwner. */
typedef GList OwnerList;

/** Returns a GList of all objects of the given type_name in the given
 * book, but each object is wrapped in a GncOwner object.
 *
 * The wrapping was done by qofOwnerSetEntity(), hence the owner will
 * contain data only for {CUSTOMER, JOB, VERNDOR, EMPLOYEE}, otherwise
 * the owner will be of type GNC_OWNER_NONE and not contain the
 * original data. */
OwnerList * gncBusinessGetOwnerList (QofBook *book, QofIdTypeConst type_name,
                                     gboolean all_including_inactive);

/** Returns whether the given account type is a valid type to use in
 * business payments. Currently payments are allowed to/from assets,
 * liabilities and equity accounts. */
gboolean gncBusinessIsPaymentAcctType (GNCAccountType type);


#endif /* GNC_BUSINESS_H_ */
