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+/*
+* Read out bytes
+* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
+*
+* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOTAN_GET_BYTE_H__
+#define BOTAN_GET_BYTE_H__
+
+#include <botan/types.h>
+
+namespace Botan {
+
+/*
+* Byte Extraction Function
+*/
+template<typename T> inline byte get_byte(u32bit byte_num, T input)
+   {
+   return static_cast<byte>(
+      input >> ((sizeof(T)-1-(byte_num&(sizeof(T)-1))) << 3)
+      );
+   }
+
+}
+
+#endif