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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2001 Derek Atkins
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
 * Author: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
 */

#ifndef GNC_EMPLOYEEP_H_
#define GNC_EMPLOYEEP_H_

#include "gncEmployee.h"
#include "qofid-p.h"

gboolean gncEmployeeRegister (void);
gint64 gncEmployeeNextID (QofBook *book);

/** The gncCloneEmployee() routine makes a copy of the indicated
 *  employee, placing it in the indicated book.  It copies
 *  the username, address, currency, ccard account, etc.
 *  It also copies (as needed) both parents and children, so that
 *  the parent-child relationship is correctly mirrored in the 
 *  clone.
 *  It then adds a pair of 'gemini' kvp pointers so that each copy
 *  can be found from the other.
 */

GncEmployee * gncCloneEmployee (GncEmployee *from, QofBook *);

/** The gncEmployeeObtainTwin() will find the 'twin' of the
 *  indicated employee in the indicated book.  If the twin doesn't
 *  yet exist in the book, it will be created (by calling
 *  gncCloneEmployee()) and placed into the book.
 *
 * We called this routine 'Obtain' instead of "Get" to distinguish
 * it from the other Get routines, which work in fundamentally  
 * different ways.
 */
GncEmployee * gncEmployeeObtainTwin (GncEmployee *from, QofBook *book);

#define gncEmployeeSetGUID(E,G) qof_entity_set_guid(QOF_ENTITY(E),(G))

#endif /* GNC_EMPLOYEEP_H_ */
