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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2017, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Rapidjson(CMakePackage):
+    """A fast JSON parser/generator for C++ with both SAX/DOM style API"""
+
+    homepage = "http://rapidjson.org"
+    url      = "https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/archive/v1.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.1.0', 'badd12c511e081fec6c89c43a7027bce')
+    version('1.0.2', '97cc60d01282a968474c97f60714828c')
+    version('1.0.1', '48cc188df49617b859d13d31344a50b8')
+    version('1.0.0', '08247fbfa464d7f15304285f04b4b228')