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#ifndef PYTHON_MESSAGERENDERER_H
#define PYTHON_MESSAGERENDERER_H 1

#include <Python.h>

#include <util/buffer.h>

namespace isc {
namespace dns {
class MessageRenderer;

namespace python {

extern PyTypeObject messagerenderer_type;

/// \brief Checks if the given python object is a MessageRenderer object
///
/// \exception PyCPPWrapperException if obj is NULL
///
/// \param obj The object to check the type of
/// \return true if the object is of type MessageRenderer, false otherwise
bool PyMessageRenderer_Check(PyObject* obj);

/// \brief Returns a reference to the MessageRenderer object contained within the given
///        Python object.
///
/// \note The given object MUST be of type MessageRenderer; this can be checked with
///       either the right call to ParseTuple("O!"), or with PyMessageRenderer_Check()
///
/// \note This is not a copy; if the MessageRenderer is needed when the PyObject
/// may be destroyed, the caller must copy it itself.
///
/// \param messagerenderer_obj The messagerenderer object to convert
MessageRenderer& PyMessageRenderer_ToMessageRenderer(PyObject* messagerenderer_obj);

} // namespace python
} // namespace dns
} // namespace isc
#endif // PYTHON_MESSAGERENDERER_H

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