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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * 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
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU 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
+ *
+ * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ *         卞超轶 Chaoyi Bian <bcy@pku.edu.cn>
+ *	   Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef SYNC_NAME_INFO_H
+#define SYNC_NAME_INFO_H
+
+namespace ns3 {
+namespace Sync {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Abstraction of the leaf name
+ */
+class NameInfo
+{
+public:
+  virtual ~NameInfo () = 0;
+  /**
+   * @brief Calculates digest of the name
+   */
+  // Digest
+  // getDigest () const;
+
+  virtual std::string
+  toString () const = 0;
+};
+
+typedef boost::shared_ptr<NameInfo> NameInfoPtr;
+typedef boost::shared_ptr<const NameInfo> NameInfoConstPtr;
+
+} // Sync
+} // ns3
+
+#endif // SYNC_NAME_INFO_H