/* +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)            |
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   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ */
#pragma once

#include <string>

namespace mrpt::io
{
/** Makes sure of building an absolute path for the given relative (or possibly
 * absolute) lazy-load object.
 *
 * \ingroup mrpt_io_grp
 */
std::string lazy_load_absolute_path(const std::string& relativeOrAbsolutePath);

/** Gets the current path to be used to locate relative lazy-load externally
 * stored objects via lazy_load_absolute_path(). Default is `"."`.
 *
 * \ingroup mrpt_io_grp
 */
const std::string& getLazyLoadPathBase();

/**  Changes the base path to be used to locate relative lazy-load externally
 * stored objects via lazy_load_absolute_path().
 *
 * \ingroup mrpt_io_grp
 */
void setLazyLoadPathBase(const std::string& path);

}  // namespace mrpt::io
