diff --git a/libopenfpga/libpcf/src/io/pcf_reader.h b/libopenfpga/libpcf/src/io/pcf_reader.h
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+#ifndef PCF_READER_H
+#define PCF_READER_H
+/********************************************************************
+ * Include header files required by the data structure definition
+ *******************************************************************/
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <array>
+#include <map>
+#include <fstream>
+#include "pcf_data.h"
+
+/* Begin namespace openfpga */
+namespace openfpga {
+
+/* Parse a .pcf file through a stream, return an object which contains all the data */
+PcfData read_pcf(const char* fname);
+
+} /* End namespace openfpga*/
+
+#endif