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 * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
 *	   Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef NDNX_NDNX_CHARBUF_H
#define NDNX_NDNX_CHARBUF_H

#include "ndnx-common.h"
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace Ndnx {

class NdnxCharbuf;
typedef boost::shared_ptr<NdnxCharbuf> NdnxCharbufPtr;

//  This class is mostly used in NdnxWrapper; users should not be directly using this class
// The main purpose of this class to is avoid manually create and destroy charbuf everytime
class NdnxCharbuf
{
public:
  NdnxCharbuf();
  NdnxCharbuf(ndn_charbuf *buf);
  NdnxCharbuf(const NdnxCharbuf &other);
  NdnxCharbuf(const void *buf, size_t length);
  ~NdnxCharbuf();

  // expose internal data structure, use with caution!!
  ndn_charbuf *
  getBuf() { return m_buf; }

  const ndn_charbuf *
  getBuf() const { return m_buf; }

  const unsigned char *
  buf () const
  { return m_buf->buf; }

  size_t
  length () const
  { return m_buf->length; }

private:
  void init(ndn_charbuf *buf);

protected:
  ndn_charbuf *m_buf;
};

}

#endif // NDNX_NDNX_CHARBUF_H