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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_FORWARDING_ENTRY_H
+#define NDN_FORWARDING_ENTRY_H
+
+#include "name.h"
+#include "publisher-public-key-digest.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * An ndn_ForwardingEntry holds fields for a ForwardingEntry which is used to register a prefix with a hub.
+ */
+struct ndn_ForwardingEntry {
+  unsigned char *action;     /**< pointer to pre-allocated buffer.  0 for none. */
+  unsigned int actionLength; /**< length of action.  0 for none. */
+  struct ndn_Name prefix;
+  struct ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest publisherPublicKeyDigest;
+  int faceId;               /**< -1 for none. */
+  int forwardingFlags;      /**< -1 for none. */
+  int freshnessSeconds;     /**< -1 for none. */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Initialize an ndn_ForwardingEntry struct with the pre-allocated prefixNameComponents,
+ * and defaults for all the values.
+ * @param self pointer to the ndn_Interest struct
+ * @param prefixNameComponents the pre-allocated array of ndn_NameComponent
+ * @param maxPrefixNameComponents the number of elements in the allocated prefixNameComponents array
+ */
+static inline void ndn_ForwardingEntry_init
+  (struct ndn_ForwardingEntry *self, struct ndn_NameComponent *prefixNameComponents, unsigned int maxPrefixNameComponents) 
+{
+  self->action = 0;
+  self->actionLength = 0;
+  ndn_Name_init(&self->prefix, prefixNameComponents, maxPrefixNameComponents);
+  ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest_init(&self->publisherPublicKeyDigest);
+  self->faceId = -1;
+  self->forwardingFlags = -1;
+  self->freshnessSeconds = -1;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif