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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BINARYXMLWIREFORMAT_HPP
+#define NDN_BINARYXMLWIREFORMAT_HPP
+
+#include "wire-format.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * A BinaryXmlWireFormat extends WireFormat to override its virtual methods to implement encoding and decoding
+ * using binary XML.
+ */
+class BinaryXmlWireFormat : public WireFormat {
+public:
+  /**
+   * Encode interest in binary XML and return the encoding.
+   * @param interest The Interest object to encode.
+   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
+   */  
+  virtual Blob 
+  encodeInterest(const Interest& interest);
+    
+  /**
+   * Decode input as an interest in binary XML and set the fields of the interest object.
+   * @param interest The Interest object whose fields are updated.
+   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
+   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  decodeInterest(Interest& interest, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength);
+
+  /**
+   * Encode data with binary XML and return the encoding.
+   * @param data The Data object to encode.
+   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   * If you are not encoding in order to sign, you can call encodeData(const Data& data) to ignore this returned value.
+   * @param signedPortionEndOffset Return the offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
+   * If you are not encoding in order to sign, you can call encodeData(const Data& data) to ignore this returned value.
+   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
+   */
+  virtual Blob 
+  encodeData
+    (const Data& data, size_t *signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t *signedPortionEndOffset);
+  
+  /**
+   * Decode input as a data packet in binary XML and set the fields in the data object.
+   * @param data The Data object whose fields are updated.
+   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
+   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
+   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   * If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call 
+   * decodeData(Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
+   * @param signedPortionEndOffset Return the offset in the input buffer of the end of the signed portion.
+   * If you are not decoding in order to verify, you can call 
+   * decodeData(Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength) to ignore this returned value.
+   */  
+  virtual void 
+  decodeData
+    (Data& data, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength, size_t *signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t *signedPortionEndOffset);
+
+  /**
+   * Encode forwardingEntry in binary XML and return the encoding. 
+   * @param forwardingEntry The ForwardingEntry object to encode.
+   * @return A Blob containing the encoding.
+   */
+  virtual Blob 
+  encodeForwardingEntry(const ForwardingEntry& forwardingEntry);
+  
+  /**
+   * Decode input as a forwarding entry in binary XML and set the fields of the forwardingEntry object. 
+   * @param forwardingEntry The ForwardingEntry object whose fields are updated.
+   * @param input A pointer to the input buffer to decode.
+   * @param inputLength The number of bytes in input.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  decodeForwardingEntry(ForwardingEntry& forwardingEntry, const uint8_t *input, size_t inputLength);
+};
+  
+}
+
+#endif
+