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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BINARYXMLELEMENTREADER_H
+#define	NDN_BINARYXMLELEMENTREADER_H
+
+#include "../errors.h"
+#include "BinaryXMLStructureDecoder.h"
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/** An ndn_ElementListener struct holds a function pointer onReceivedElement.  You can extend this struct with data that
+ * will be passed to onReceivedElement.
+ */
+struct ndn_ElementListener {
+  void (*onReceivedElement)(struct ndn_ElementListener *self, unsigned char *element, unsigned int elementLength); /**< see ndn_ElementListener_init */
+};
+
+/**
+ * Initialize an ndn_ElementListener struct to use the onReceivedElement function pointer.
+ * @param self pointer to the ndn_ElementListener struct
+ * @param onReceivedElement pointer to a function which is called when an entire binary XML element is received.
+ * self is the pointer to this ndn_ElementListener struct.  See ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader_onReceivedData.
+ */
+static inline void ndn_ElementListener_init
+  (struct ndn_ElementListener *self, void (*onReceivedElement)(struct ndn_ElementListener *self, unsigned char *element, unsigned int elementLength))
+{
+  self->onReceivedElement = onReceivedElement;
+}
+  
+/**
+ * A BinaryXmlElementReader lets you call ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader_onReceivedData multiple times which uses an
+ * ndn_BinaryXMLStructureDecoder to detect the end of a binary XML element and calls
+ * (*elementListener->onReceivedElement)(element, elementLength) with the element. 
+ * This handles the case where a single call to onReceivedData may contain multiple elements.
+ */
+struct ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader {
+  struct ndn_ElementListener *elementListener;
+  struct ndn_BinaryXMLStructureDecoder structureDecoder;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Initialize an ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader struct with the elementListener.
+ * @param self pointer to the ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader struct
+ * @param elementListener pointer to the ndn_ElementListener used by ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader_onReceivedData.
+ */
+static inline void ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader_init
+  (struct ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader *self, struct ndn_ElementListener *elementListener)
+{
+  self->elementListener = elementListener;
+  ndn_BinaryXMLStructureDecoder_init(&self->structureDecoder);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Continue to read binary XML data until the end of an element, then call (*elementListener->onReceivedElement)(element, elementLength).
+ * The buffer passed to onReceivedElement is only valid during this call.  If you need the data later, you must copy.
+ * @param self pointer to the ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader struct
+ * @param data pointer to the buffer with the binary XML bytes
+ * @param dataLength length of data
+ * @return 0 for success, else an error code
+ */
+ndn_Error ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader_onReceivedData
+  (struct ndn_BinaryXMLElementReader *self, unsigned char *data, unsigned int dataLength);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif