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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_UDPTRANSPORT_HPP
+#define NDN_UDPTRANSPORT_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+#include "transport.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+  
+class UnixTransport : public Transport {
+public:
+  UnixTransport(const std::string &unixSocket = "/tmp/.ndnd.sock");
+  ~UnixTransport();
+
+  /**
+   * Connect according to the info in ConnectionInfo, and processEvents() will use elementListener.
+   * @param connectionInfo A reference to a TcpTransport::ConnectionInfo.
+   * @param elementListener Not a shared_ptr because we assume that it will remain valid during the life of this object.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  connect(ElementListener& elementListener);
+  
+  /**
+   * Set data to the host
+   * @param data A pointer to the buffer of data to send.
+   * @param dataLength The number of bytes in data.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  send(const uint8_t *data, size_t dataLength);
+
+  /**
+   * Process any data to receive.  For each element received, call elementListener.onReceivedElement.
+   * This is non-blocking and will return immediately if there is no data to receive.
+   * You should normally not call this directly since it is called by Face.processEvents.
+   * @throw This may throw an exception for reading data or in the callback for processing the data.  If you
+   * call this from an main event loop, you may want to catch and log/disregard all exceptions.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  processEvents();
+  
+  virtual bool 
+  getIsConnected();
+
+  /**
+   * Close the connection to the host.
+   */
+  virtual void 
+  close();
+  
+private:
+  std::string unixSocket_;
+  bool isConnected_;
+
+  class Impl;
+  std::auto_ptr<Impl> impl_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif