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+#ifndef NLSR_TOKENIZER_HPP
+#define NLSR_TOKENIZER_HPP
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <list>
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/face.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost;
+
+class nlsrTokenizer{
+	public:
+		nlsrTokenizer(const string& inputString)
+			:firstToken(),
+			 restOfTheLine()	
+		{
+			seps = " ";
+			originalString = inputString;
+			makeToken();
+		}
+
+		nlsrTokenizer(const string& inputString, const string& separator)
+			:firstToken(),
+			 restOfTheLine()	
+		{
+			seps = separator;
+			originalString = inputString;
+			makeToken();
+		}
+		
+		string getFirstToken(){
+			return firstToken;
+		}
+
+		string getRestOfLine(){
+			return restOfTheLine;
+		}
+
+		int getTokenPosition(string& token);
+		string getTokenString(int from , int to);
+		string getTokenString(int from);
+		bool doesTokenExist(string token);
+
+	private:
+
+		void makeToken();
+		void insertToken(const string& token);
+	
+		string seps;
+		string originalString;
+		string firstToken;
+		string restOfTheLine;
+		std::list<string> tokenList;
+};
+
+#endif