#ifndef BINREAD_H
#define BINREAD_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

  typedef struct Vec_T {
    double x, y, z;
  } Vec;

  /*
   * bfname - (string) name of NAMD binary restart file
   * n - (pointer to an integer) returns the number of coordinates
   *
   * Successful read will return an allocated buffer containing the
   * atomic coordinates read from file.  The caller must free this
   * buffer.  The number of coordinates will be returned within n.
   * Failures are indicated by NULL return value.
   *
   * This routine automatically corrects endianism.
   */
  Vec *binread(const char *bfname, int *n);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* BINREAD_H */