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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BINARY_XML_DATA_H
+#define	NDN_BINARY_XML_DATA_H
+
+#include "../errors.h"
+#include "../data.h"
+#include "BinaryXMLEncoder.h"
+#include "BinaryXMLDecoder.h"
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+ndn_Error ndn_encodeBinaryXmlData(struct ndn_Data *data, struct ndn_BinaryXmlEncoder *encoder);
+
+ndn_Error ndn_decodeBinaryXmlData(struct ndn_Data *data, struct ndn_BinaryXmlDecoder *decoder);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif