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   # rcpputils: ROS 2 C++ Utilities
   ![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ros2/rcpputils)
   ![Test rcpputils](https://github.com/ros2/rcpputils/workflows/Test%20rcpputils/badge.svg)
   
   
   `rcpputils` is a C++ API consisting of macros, functions, and data structures intended for use throughout the ROS 2 codebase
   
   ## Quality Declaration
   
   This package claims to be in the **Quality Level 1** category, see the [Quality Declaration](QUALITY_DECLARATION.md) for more details.
   
   ## API
   This package currently contains:
   * Assertion functions
   * Clang thread safety annotation macros
   * Library discovery
   * String helpers
   * File system helpers
   * Type traits helpers
   * Class that dynamically loads, unloads and get symbols from shared libraries at run-time.
   
   Features are described in more detail at [docs/FEATURES.md](docs/FEATURES.md)