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+#ifndef NLSR_NHL_HPP
+#define NLSR_NHL_HPP
+
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/face.hpp>
+#include "nlsr_adjacent.hpp"
+#include <list>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "nlsr_nexthop.hpp"
+
+namespace nlsr
+{
+
+    using namespace std;
+
+    class Nhl
+    {
+    public:
+        Nhl()
+        {
+        }
+
+        ~Nhl()
+        {
+        }
+        void addNextHop(NextHop &nh);
+        void removeNextHop(NextHop &nh);
+        void sortNhl();
+        int getNhlSize()
+        {
+            return nexthopList.size();
+        }
+        void resetNhl()
+        {
+            if (nexthopList.size() > 0 )
+            {
+                nexthopList.clear();
+            }
+        }
+        std::list< NextHop >& getNextHopList()
+        {
+            return nexthopList;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::list< NextHop > nexthopList;
+    };
+
+    ostream&
+    operator<<(ostream& os, Nhl& nhl);
+
+}//namespace nlsr
+
+#endif