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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_FACE_HPP
+#define	NDN_FACE_HPP
+
+#include "Closure.hpp"
+#include "Interest.hpp"
+#include "transport/UdpTransport.hpp"
+#include "encoding/BinaryXMLElementReader.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+class Face : public ElementListener {
+public:
+  Face(const char *host, unsigned short port, const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Transport> &transport)
+  : host_(host), port_(port), transport_(transport)
+  {
+  }
+  
+  Face(const char *host, unsigned short port)
+  : host_(host), port_(port), transport_(new UdpTransport())
+  {
+  }
+  
+  Face(const char *host)
+  : host_(host), port_(9695), transport_(new UdpTransport())
+  {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Encode name as an Interest. If interestTemplate is not 0, use its interest selectors.
+   * Send the interest through the transport, read the entire response and call
+   * closure->upcall(UPCALL_DATA (or UPCALL_DATA_UNVERIFIED),
+   *                 UpcallInfo(this, interest, 0, data)).
+   * @param name reference to a Name for the interest.  This does not keep a pointer to the Name object.
+   * @param closure a shared_ptr for the Closure.  This uses shared_ptr to take another reference to the object.
+   * @param interestTemplate if not 0, copy interest selectors from the template.   This does not keep a pointer to the Interest object.
+   */
+  void expressInterest(const Name &name, const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Closure> &closure, const Interest *interestTemplate);
+  
+  void expressInterest(const Name &name, const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Closure> &closure)
+  {
+    expressInterest(name, closure, 0);
+  }
+  
+  const char *getHost() const { return host_.c_str(); }
+  
+  unsigned short getPort() const { return port_; }
+  
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Transport> &getTransport() { return transport_; }
+  
+  virtual void onReceivedElement(unsigned char *element, unsigned int elementLength);
+  
+private:
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Transport> transport_;
+  string host_;
+  unsigned short port_;
+  ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Closure> tempClosure_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif