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+// Copyright 2013 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+
+#ifndef V8_ICU_UTIL_H_
+#define V8_ICU_UTIL_H_
+
+namespace v8 {
+
+namespace internal {
+
+// Call this function to load ICU's data tables for the current process.  This
+// function should be called before ICU is used.
+bool InitializeICU(const char* icu_data_file);
+
+} }  // namespace v8::internal
+
+#endif  // V8_ICU_UTIL_H_