remove protobuf dependency

Change-Id: I10bf90ba940bbde27d91df58056f4f558843f697
diff --git a/src/endorse-collection.hpp b/src/endorse-collection.hpp
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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Qiuhan Ding <qiuhanding@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CHRONOCHAT_ENDORSE_COLLECTION_HPP
+#define CHRONOCHAT_ENDORSE_COLLECTION_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include "tlv.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/util/concepts.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/block.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/encoding-buffer.hpp>
+
+namespace chronochat {
+
+class EndorseCollection
+{
+
+public:
+
+  class Error : public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    explicit
+    Error(const std::string& what)
+      : std::runtime_error(what)
+    {
+    }
+  };
+
+  class CollectionEntry
+  {
+  public:
+    Name certName;
+    std::string hash;
+  };
+
+public:
+
+  EndorseCollection();
+
+  explicit
+  EndorseCollection(const Block& endorseWire);
+
+  const Block&
+  wireEncode() const;
+
+  void
+  wireDecode(const Block& endorseWire);
+
+  const std::vector<CollectionEntry>&
+  getCollectionEntries() const;
+
+  void
+  addCollectionEntry(const Name& certName, const std::string& hash);
+
+private:
+  template<bool T>
+  size_t
+  wireEncode(ndn::EncodingImpl<T>& block) const;
+
+private:
+  mutable Block m_wire;
+  std::vector<CollectionEntry> m_entries;
+};
+
+inline const std::vector<EndorseCollection::CollectionEntry>&
+EndorseCollection::getCollectionEntries() const
+{
+  return m_entries;
+}
+
+} // namespace chronochat
+
+#endif //CHRONOCHAT_ENDORSE_COLLECTION_HPP