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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BINARYXMLNAME_H
+#define	NDN_BINARYXMLNAME_H
+
+#include "../errors.h"
+#include "../name.h"
+#include "binary-xml-encoder.h"
+#include "binary-xml-decoder.h"
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+ndn_Error ndn_encodeBinaryXmlName(struct ndn_Name *name, struct ndn_BinaryXmlEncoder *encoder);
+
+ndn_Error ndn_decodeBinaryXmlName(struct ndn_Name *name, struct ndn_BinaryXmlDecoder *decoder);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+