diff --git a/src/communication/data-manager.hpp b/src/communication/data-manager.hpp
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+#ifndef NLSR_DM_HPP
+#define NLSR_DM_HPP
+
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/face.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/security/key-chain.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/util/scheduler.hpp>
+
+#include "interest-manager.hpp"
+
+namespace nlsr {
+class Nlsr;
+
+class DataManager
+{
+public:
+  void
+  processContent(Nlsr& pnlsr, const ndn::Interest& interest,
+                 const ndn::Data& data, InterestManager& im);
+private:
+  void
+  processContentInfo(Nlsr& pnlsr, std::string& dataName,
+                     std::string& dataContent);
+
+  void
+  processContentLsa(Nlsr& pnlsr, std::string& dataName,
+                    std::string& dataContent);
+
+  void
+  processContentNameLsa(Nlsr& pnlsr, std::string lsaKey,
+                        uint32_t lsSeqNo, std::string& dataContent);
+
+  void
+  processContentAdjLsa(Nlsr& pnlsr, std::string lsaKey,
+                       uint32_t lsSeqNo, std::string& dataContent);
+
+  void
+  processContentCorLsa(Nlsr& pnlsr, std::string lsaKey,
+                       uint32_t lsSeqNo, std::string& dataContent);
+
+  void
+  processContentKeys(Nlsr& pnlsr, const ndn::Data& data);
+
+
+};
+
+}//namespace nlsr
+
+#endif //NLSR_DM_HPP