/** @file  psMetadataItemCompare.h
 *
 *  @brief Compares Metadata Items
 *
 *  This file defines functions to compare psMetadataItem's.
 *
 *  @author IFA
 *
 *  @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
 *  @date $Date: 2007-01-23 22:47:23 $
 *
 *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
 */

#ifndef PS_METADATA_ITEM_COMPARE_H
#define PS_METADATA_ITEM_COMPARE_H

#include "psMetadata.h"

/// @addtogroup DataContainer Data Containers
/// @{

/** Compares two psMetadataItems.
 *
 *  @return bool:       True if compare matches template, otherwise false.
 */
bool psMetadataItemCompare(
    const psMetadataItem *compare,     ///< Item to compare to the template
    const psMetadataItem *template     ///< The template
)
;

/// @}
#endif
