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+#ifndef INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
+#define INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_
+
+#include <cstdint> // int64_t, uint64_t
+#include <map> // map
+#include <memory> // allocator
+#include <string> // string
+#include <vector> // vector
+
+/*!
+@brief namespace for Niels Lohmann
+@see https://github.com/nlohmann
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+namespace nlohmann
+{
+/*!
+@brief default JSONSerializer template argument
+
+This serializer ignores the template arguments and uses ADL
+([argument-dependent lookup](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/adl))
+for serialization.
+*/
+template<typename T = void, typename SFINAE = void>
+struct adl_serializer;
+
+template<template<typename U, typename V, typename... Args> class ObjectType =
+std::map,
+        template<typename U, typename... Args> class ArrayType = std::vector,
+        class StringType = std::string, class BooleanType = bool,
+        class NumberIntegerType = std::int64_t,
+        class NumberUnsignedType = std::uint64_t,
+        class NumberFloatType = double,
+        template<typename U> class AllocatorType = std::allocator,
+        template<typename T, typename SFINAE = void> class JSONSerializer =
+        adl_serializer>
+class basic_json;
+
+/*!
+@brief JSON Pointer
+
+A JSON pointer defines a string syntax for identifying a specific value
+within a JSON document. It can be used with functions `at` and
+`operator[]`. Furthermore, JSON pointers are the base for JSON patches.
+
+@sa [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
+
+@since version 2.0.0
+*/
+template<typename BasicJsonType>
+class json_pointer;
+
+/*!
+@brief default JSON class
+
+This type is the default specialization of the @ref basic_json class which
+uses the standard template types.
+
+@since version 1.0.0
+*/
+using json = basic_json<>;
+}  // namespace nlohmann
+
+#endif  // INCLUDE_NLOHMANN_JSON_FWD_HPP_