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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This file is part of SWIFT.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 James Willis (james.s.willis@durham.ac.uk)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/* Config parameters. */
+#include "../config.h"
+
+/* Some standard headers. */
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* Local includes. */
+#include "velociraptor_interface.h"
+#include "swift_velociraptor_part.h"
+
+/* Dummy VELOCIraptor interface for testing compilation without linking the actual VELOCIraptor library. */
+#ifdef HAVE_DUMMY_VELOCIRAPTOR
+int InitVelociraptor(char *config_name, char *output_name,
+                     struct cosmoinfo cosmo_info, struct unitinfo unit_info,
+                     struct siminfo sim_info){return 0;}
+int InvokeVelociraptor(const size_t num_gravity_parts,
+                       const size_t num_hydro_parts,
+                       struct swift_vel_part *swift_parts,
+                       const int *cell_node_ids, char *output_name) {return 0;}
+#endif /* HAVE_DUMMY_VELOCIRAPTOR */