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+#ifndef NLSR_NAME_HELPER_HPP
+#define NLSR_NAME_HELPER_HPP
+
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/name-component.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/name.hpp>
+
+namespace nlsr {
+namespace util {
+/**
+ * @brief search a name component in ndn::Name and return the position of the component
+ * @param name where to search the searchString
+ * @param searchString, the string to search in name
+ * @retrun int32_t -1 if searchString not found else return the position
+ * starting from 0
+ */
+
+inline static int32_t
+getNameComponentPosition(const ndn::Name& name, const std::string& searchString)
+{
+  ndn::name::Component component(searchString);
+  size_t nameSize = name.size();
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < nameSize; i++)
+  {
+    if (component == name[i])
+    {
+      return (int32_t)i;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+} //namespace util
+
+} // namespace nlsr
+
+#endif //NLSR_NAME_HELPER_HPP