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diff --git a/src/configfile.h b/src/configfile.h
index 3952c180..a73def21 100644
--- a/src/configfile.h
+++ b/src/configfile.h
@@ -86,4 +86,18 @@ int cf_read (char *filename);
 int global_option_set (const char *option, const char *value);
 const char *global_option_get (const char *option);
 
+/* Assures the config option is a string, duplicates it and returns the copy in
+ * "ret_string". If necessary "*ret_string" is freed first. Returns zero upon
+ * success. */
+int cf_util_get_string (const oconfig_item_t *ci, char **ret_string);
+
+/* Assures the config option is a boolean and assignes it to `ret_bool'.
+ * Otherwise, `ret_bool' is not changed and non-zero is returned. */
+int cf_util_get_boolean (const oconfig_item_t *ci, _Bool *ret_bool);
+
+/* Assures that the config option is a string. The string is then converted to
+ * a port number using `service_name_to_port_number' and returned. Returns the
+ * port number in the range [1-65535] or less than zero upon failure. */
+int cf_util_get_port_number (const oconfig_item_t *ci);
+
 #endif /* defined(CONFIGFILE_H) */