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+// Boost.Geometry (aka GGL, Generic Geometry Library)
+
+// Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+
+// Contributed and/or modified by Menelaos Karavelas, on behalf of Oracle
+
+// Licensed under the Boost Software License version 1.0.
+// http://www.boost.org/users/license.html
+
+#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_POLYGON_HPP
+#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_POLYGON_HPP
+
+
+namespace boost { namespace geometry
+{
+
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DETAIL
+namespace detail { namespace is_valid
+{
+
+}} // namespace dispatch
+#endif // DOXYGEN_NO_DETAIL
+
+
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH
+namespace dispatch
+{
+} // namespace dispatch
+#endif // DOXYGEN_NO_DISPATCH
+
+
+}} // namespace boost::geometry
+
+#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_ALGORITHMS_DETAIL_IS_VALID_POLYGON_HPP