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+/* Public interface to the Link datatype */
+
+/* Copyright (c) 2018. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
+
+/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDE_SIMGRID_VM_H_
+#define INCLUDE_SIMGRID_VM_H_
+
+#include <simgrid/forward.h>
+#include <xbt/base.h>
+
+/* C interface */
+SG_BEGIN_DECL()
+
+/** @brief Opaque type describing a Virtual Machine.
+ * @ingroup msg_VMs
+ *
+ * All this is highly experimental and the interface will probably change in the future.
+ * Please don't depend on this yet (although testing is welcomed if you feel so).
+ * Usual lack of guaranty of any kind applies here, and is even increased.
+ *
+ */
+
+XBT_PUBLIC int sg_vm_is_created(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC int sg_vm_is_running(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC int sg_vm_is_suspended(sg_vm_t vm);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC const char* sg_vm_get_name(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_set_ramsize(sg_vm_t vm, size_t size);
+XBT_PUBLIC size_t sg_vm_get_ramsize(sg_vm_t vm);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC sg_vm_t sg_vm_create_core(sg_host_t pm, const char* name);
+XBT_PUBLIC sg_vm_t sg_vm_create_multicore(sg_host_t pm, const char* name, int coreAmount);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_start(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_suspend(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_resume(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_shutdown(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_destroy(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC sg_host_t sg_vm_get_pm(sg_vm_t vm);
+XBT_PUBLIC void sg_vm_set_bound(sg_vm_t vm, double bound);
+SG_END_DECL()
+
+#endif /* INCLUDE_SIMGRID_VM_H_ */