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+#ifndef CocoaAnalyser_HH
+#define CocoaAnalyser_HH
+//-*- C++ -*-
+//
+// Package: Alignment/CocoaApplication
+// Class: CocoaAnalyzer
+//
+/*
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+ Description: test access to the OpticalAlignMeasurements via OpticalAlignMeasurementsGeneratedSource
+ This also should demonstrate access to a geometry via the XMLIdealGeometryESSource
+ for use in THE COCOA analyzer.
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+ Implementation:
+ Iterate over retrieved alignments.
+*/
+//
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+#include
+#include
+#include
+#include