diff --git a/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js b/latest/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.js
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+//TODO:go back on DEBUG stuff
+//MARK LENGTH STUFF NOT SURE WHAT IT"S ABOUT
+//PUSH instead of PUT on attributes
+var XML_EXT = 0x00; 
+	
+var XML_TAG = 0x01; 
+	
+var XML_DTAG = 0x02; 
+	
+var XML_ATTR = 0x03; 
+ 
+var XML_DATTR = 0x04; 
+	
+var XML_BLOB = 0x05; 
+	
+var XML_UDATA = 0x06; 
+	
+var XML_CLOSE = 0x0;
+
+var XML_SUBTYPE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTIONS = 16; 
+	
+
+var XML_TT_BITS = 3;
+var XML_TT_MASK = ((1 << XML_TT_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_VAL_BITS = XML_TT_BITS + 1;
+var XML_TT_VAL_MASK = ((1 << (XML_TT_VAL_BITS)) - 1);
+var XML_REG_VAL_BITS = 7;
+var XML_REG_VAL_MASK = ((1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS) - 1);
+var XML_TT_NO_MORE = (1 << XML_REG_VAL_BITS); // 0x80
+var BYTE_MASK = 0xFF;
+var LONG_BYTES = 8;
+var LONG_BITS = 64;
+	
+var bits_11 = 0x0000007FF;
+var bits_18 = 0x00003FFFF;
+var bits_32 = 0x0FFFFFFFF;
+
+
+
+//returns a string
+tagToString = function(/*long*/ tagVal) {
+	if ((tagVal >= 0) && (tagVal < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length)) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[tagVal];
+	} else if (tagVal == CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+//returns a Long
+stringToTag =  function(/*String*/ tagName) {
+	// the slow way, but right now we don't care.... want a static lookup for the forward direction
+	for (var i=0; i < CCNProtocolDTagsStrings.length; ++i) {
+		if ((null != CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i]) && (CCNProtocolDTagsStrings[i] == tagName)) {
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+	if (CCNProtocolDTags.CCNPROTOCOL_DATA_UNIT == tagName) {
+		return CCNProtocolDTags.CCNProtocolDataUnit;
+	}
+	return null;
+};
+
+//console.log(stringToTag(64));
+var BinaryXMLDecoder = function BinaryXMLDecoder(istream){
+	var MARK_LEN=512;
+	var DEBUG_MAX_LEN =  32768;
+	
+	this.istream = istream;
+	//console.log('istream is '+ this.istream);
+	this.offset = 0;
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartElement =function(
+	//String
+	startTag,				    
+	//TreeMap<String, String>
+	attributes) {
+
+	try {
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		if (null == tv) {
+			throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got something not a tag.");
+		}
+		
+		//String 
+		decodedTag = null;
+		
+		if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+			
+			decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.Istream, tv.val()+1);
+			
+		} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+			decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());	
+		}
+		
+		if ((null ==  decodedTag) || decodedTag != startTag) {
+			throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + decodedTag + "(" + tv.val() + ")");
+		}
+		
+		if (null != attributes) {
+			readAttributes(attributes); 
+		}
+		
+	} catch (e) {
+		throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readAttributes = function(
+	//TreeMap<String,String> 
+	attributes){
+	
+	if (null == attributes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		while ((null != nextTV) && ((XML_ATTR == nextTV.type()) ||
+				(XML_DATTR == nextTV.type()))) {
+
+			//this.TypeAndVal 
+			thisTV = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.Istream);
+
+			var attributeName = null;
+			if (XML_ATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				
+				attributeName = this.decodeUString(this.istream, thisTV.val()+1);
+
+			} else if (XML_DATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// DKS TODO are attributes same or different dictionary?
+				attributeName = tagToString(thisTV.val());
+				if (null == attributeName) {
+					throw new ContentDecodingException("Unknown DATTR value" + thisTV.val());
+				}
+			}
+			
+			var attributeValue = this.decodeUString(this.istream);
+
+			attributes.put(attributeName, attributeValue);
+
+			nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		}
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.initializeDecoding = function() {
+		//if (!this.istream.markSupported()) {
+			//throw new IllegalArgumentException(this.getClass().getName() + ": input stream must support marking!");
+		//}
+}
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartDocument = function(){
+		// Currently no start document in binary encoding.
+	}
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readEndDocument = function() {
+		// Currently no end document in binary encoding.
+	};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readStartElement = function(
+		//String 
+		startTag,
+		//TreeMap<String, String> 
+		attributes) {
+	
+		
+		//NOT SURE
+		//if(typeof startTag == 'number')
+			//startTag = tagToString(startTag);
+		
+		//try {
+			//TypeAndVal 
+			tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+			
+			if (null == tv) {
+				throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got something not a tag.");
+			}
+			
+			//String 
+			decodedTag = null;
+			console.log(tv);
+			console.log(typeof tv);
+			
+			console.log(XML_TAG);
+			if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+				//console.log('got here');
+				//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got tag in readStartElement; looking for tag " + startTag + " got length: " + (int)tv.val()+1);
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				console.log('valval is ' +valval);
+				
+				decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream,  valval);
+				
+			} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+				console.log('gothere');
+				//console.log(tv.val());
+				//decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());
+				//console.log()
+				decodedTag = tv.val();
+			}
+			
+			//console.log(decodedTag);
+			console.log('startTag is '+startTag);
+			
+			
+			if ((null ==  decodedTag) || decodedTag != startTag ) {
+				console.log('expecting '+ startag + ' but got '+ decodedTag);
+				throw new Exception("Expected start element: " + startTag + " got: " + decodedTag + "(" + tv.val() + ")");
+			}
+			
+			// DKS: does not read attributes out of stream if caller doesn't
+			// ask for them. Should possibly peek and skip over them regardless.
+			// TODO: fix this
+			if (null != attributes) {
+				readAttributes(attributes); 
+			}
+			
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//console.log(e);
+			//throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+		//}
+	}
+	
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readAttributes = function(
+	//TreeMap<String,String> 
+	attributes) {
+	
+	if (null == attributes) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	try {
+		// Now need to get attributes.
+		//TypeAndVal 
+		nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		while ((null != nextTV) && ((XML_ATTR == nextTV.type()) ||
+				(XML_DATTR == nextTV.type()))) {
+
+			// Decode this attribute. First, really read the type and value.
+			//this.TypeAndVal 
+			thisTV = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+			//String 
+			attributeName = null;
+			if (XML_ATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as attribute names cannot be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				attributeName = this.decodeUString(this.istream,valval);
+
+			} else if (XML_DATTR == thisTV.type()) {
+				// DKS TODO are attributes same or different dictionary?
+				attributeName = tagToString(thisTV.val());
+				if (null == attributeName) {
+					throw new Exception("Unknown DATTR value" + thisTV.val());
+				}
+			}
+			// Attribute values are always UDATA
+			//String
+			attributeValue = this.decodeUString(this.istream);
+
+			//
+			attributes.push([attributeName, attributeValue]);
+
+			nextTV = this.peekTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		}
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+		Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+		throw new Exception("readStartElement", e);
+	}
+};
+
+//returns a string
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElementAsString = function() {
+	//this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+
+	//String 
+	decodedTag = null;
+	var previousOffset = this.offset;
+	try {
+		// Have to distinguish genuine errors from wrong tags. Could either use
+		// a special exception subtype, or redo the work here.
+		//this.TypeAndVal 
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		if (null != tv) {
+
+			if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+				/*if (tv.val()+1 > DEBUG_MAX_LEN) {
+					throw new ContentDecodingException("Decoding error: length " + tv.val()+1 + " longer than expected maximum length!");
+				}*/
+
+				// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+				var valval ;
+				if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+					valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+				}
+				else
+					valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+				
+				decodedTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+				
+				//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got text tag in peekStartElement; length: " + valval + " decoded tag = " + decodedTag);
+
+			} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+				decodedTag = tagToString(tv.val());					
+			}
+
+		} // else, not a type and val, probably an end element. rewind and return false.
+
+	} catch ( e) {
+		/*try {
+			this.istream.reset();
+			this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+			long ms = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			File tempFile = new File("data_" + Long.toString(ms) + ".ccnb");
+			FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
+			try {
+				byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
+				while (this.istream.available() > 0) {
+					int count = this.istream.read(buf);
+					fos.write(buf,0, count);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				fos.close();
+			}
+			this.istream.reset();
+			Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "BinaryXMLDecoder: exception in peekStartElement, dumping offending object to file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+			throw e;
+			
+		} catch (IOException ie) {
+			Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder error handling: " + e.getMessage());
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, ie);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+
+		}
+	} catch (IOException e) {
+		Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder: " + e.getMessage());
+		Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+	*/
+	} finally {
+		try {
+			//this.istream.reset();
+			this.offset = previousOffset;
+		} catch ( e) {
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot reset stream! " + e.getMessage(), e);
+		}
+	}
+	return decodedTag;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElement = function(
+		//String 
+		startTag) {
+	//String 
+	if(typeof startTag == 'string'){
+		decodedTag = this.peekStartElementAsString();
+		
+		if ((null !=  decodedTag) && decodedTag == startTag) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	else if(typeof startTag == 'number'){
+		decodedTag = this.peekStartElementAsLong();
+		if ((null !=  decodedTag) && decodedTag == startTag) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	else{
+		throw new Exception("SHOULD BE STRING OR NUMBER");
+	}
+}
+//returns Long
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.peekStartElementAsLong = function() {
+		//this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+
+		//Long
+		decodedTag = null;
+		
+		var previousOffset = this.offset;
+		
+		try {
+			// Have to distinguish genuine errors from wrong tags. Could either use
+			// a special exception subtype, or redo the work here.
+			//this.TypeAndVal
+			tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+			if (null != tv) {
+
+				if (tv.type() == XML_TAG) {
+					if (tv.val()+1 > DEBUG_MAX_LEN) {
+						throw new ContentDecodingException("Decoding error: length " + tv.val()+1 + " longer than expected maximum length!");
+					}
+
+					var valval ;
+					if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+						valval = (parseInt(tv.val())) + 1;
+					}
+					else
+						valval = (tv.val())+ 1;
+					
+					// Tag value represents length-1 as tags can never be empty.
+					//String 
+					strTag = this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+					
+					decodedTag = stringToTag(strTag);
+					
+					//Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Unexpected: got text tag in peekStartElement; length: " + valval + " decoded tag = " + decodedTag);
+					
+				} else if (tv.type() == XML_DTAG) {
+					decodedTag = tv.val();					
+				}
+
+			} // else, not a type and val, probably an end element. rewind and return false.
+
+		} catch ( e) {
+			/*try {
+				this.istream.reset();
+				this.istream.mark(MARK_LEN);
+				long ms = System.currentTimeMillis();
+				File tempFile = new File("data_" + Long.toString(ms) + ".ccnb");
+				FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tempFile);
+				try {
+					byte buf[] = new byte[1024];
+					while (this.istream.available() > 0) {
+						int count = this.istream.read(buf);
+						fos.write(buf,0, count);
+					}
+				} finally {
+					fos.close();
+				}
+				this.istream.reset();
+				Log.info(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "BinaryXMLDecoder: exception in peekStartElement, dumping offending object to file: " + tempFile.getAbsolutePath());
+				throw e;
+				
+			} catch (IOException ie) {
+				Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder error handling: " + e.getMessage());
+				Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+
+			}
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			Log.warning(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "IOException in BinaryXMLDecoder peekStartElementAsLong: " + e.getMessage());
+			Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+			throw new ContentDecodingException("peekStartElement", e);
+		*/
+		} finally {
+			try {
+				//this.istream.reset();
+				this.offset = previousOffset;
+			} catch ( e) {
+				Log.logStackTrace(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.WARNING, e);
+				throw new Exception("Cannot reset stream! " + e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+		}
+		return decodedTag;
+	};
+
+
+//byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readBinaryElement = function(
+		//long 
+		startTag,
+		//TreeMap<String, String> 
+		attributes){
+	//byte [] 
+	blob = null;
+	//try {
+		this.readStartElement(startTag, attributes);
+		blob = this.readBlob();
+		// readEndElement(); // readBlob consumes end element
+	//} catch ( e) {
+		//throw new ContentDecodingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+	//}
+
+	return blob;
+
+};
+	
+	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readEndElement = function(){
+		try {
+			var next = this.istream[this.offset]; 
+			this.offset++;
+			//read();
+			if (next != XML_CLOSE) {
+				throw new ContentDecodingException("Expected end element, got: " + next);
+			}
+		} catch ( e) {
+			throw new ContentDecodingException(e);
+		}
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a UString. Force this to consume the end element to match the
+	 * behavior on the text side.
+	 */
+//String	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readUString = function(){
+		//try {
+			//String 
+			ustring = this.decodeUString(this.istream);	
+			this.readEndElement();
+			return ustring;
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//throw new Exception(e.getMessage(),e);
+		//}
+	};
+	
+	/**
+	 * Read a BLOB. Force this to consume the end element to match the
+	 * behavior on the text side.
+	 */
+//returns a byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readBlob = function() {
+		//try {
+			//byte []
+			
+			blob = this.decodeBlob(this.istream);	
+			this.readEndElement();
+			return blob;
+		//} catch ( e) {
+			//throw new Exception(e.getMessage(),e);
+		//}
+	};
+
+//read time returns CCNTime
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readDateTime = function(
+	//String 
+	startTag) {
+	//byte [] 
+	byteTimestamp = this.readBinaryElement(startTag);
+	//CCNTime 
+	timestamp = new CCNTime(byteTimestamp);
+	if (null == timestamp) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + DataUtils.printHexBytes(byteTimestamp));
+	}		
+	return timestamp;
+};
+*/
+//CCNTime
+	
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.readDateTime = function(
+	//long 
+	startTag)  {
+	//byte [] 
+	
+	byteTimestamp = this.readBinaryElement(startTag);
+	//CCNTime 
+	timestamp = new CCNTime();
+	timestamp.setDateBinary(byteTimestamp);
+	
+	if (null == timestamp) {
+		throw new ContentDecodingException("Cannot parse timestamp: " + DataUtils.printHexBytes(byteTimestamp));
+	}		
+	return timestamp;
+};
+
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeTypeAndVal = function(
+		/*InputStream*/
+		istream) {
+	
+	/*int*/next;
+	/*int*/type = -1;
+	/*long*/val = 0;
+	/*boolean*/more = true;
+
+	
+	//var savedOffset = this.offset;
+	var count = 0;
+	
+	do {
+		//next = istream.read();
+		//console.log('a');
+		console.log('offset is' + this.offset);
+		var next = this.istream[this.offset ];
+		console.log('next is' + next);
+		//console.log('istream is ' + this.istream);
+		
+		
+		if (next < 0) {
+			return null; 
+		}
+
+		if ((0 == next) && (0 == val)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		
+		more = (0 == (next & XML_TT_NO_MORE));
+		
+		if  (more) {
+			val = val << XML_REG_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= (next & XML_REG_VAL_MASK);
+		} else {
+
+			type = next & XML_TT_MASK;
+			val = val << XML_TT_VAL_BITS;
+			val |= ((next >>> XML_TT_BITS) & XML_TT_VAL_MASK);
+		}
+		
+		this.offset++;
+		
+	} while (more);
+	
+	return new TypeAndVal(type, val);
+};
+
+
+
+//TypeAndVal
+BinaryXMLDecoder.peekTypeAndVal = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream) {
+	//TypeAndVal 
+	tv = null;
+	
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);		
+	
+	var previousOffset = this.offset;
+	
+	try {
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+	} finally {
+		//istream.reset();
+		this.offset = previousOffset;
+	}
+	
+	return tv;
+};
+
+//byte []
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeBlob = function(
+		//InputStream
+
+		istream) {
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);
+	
+	TypeAndVal tv = decodeTypeAndVal(istream);
+	if ((null == tv) || (XML_BLOB != tv.type())) { // if we just have closers left, will get back null
+		if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINEST))
+			Log.finest(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Expected BLOB, got " + ((null == tv) ? " not a tag " : tv.type()) + ", assuming elided 0-length blob.");
+		istream.reset();
+		return new byte[0];
+	}
+
+	var valval ;
+	if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+		valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+	}
+	else
+		valval = (tv.val());
+	
+	return decodeBlob(istream, valval);
+};*/
+
+//byte[]
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeBlob = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream, 
+		//int 
+		blobLength) {
+	
+	
+	if(null == blobLength){
+		//TypeAndVal
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+
+		var valval ;
+		if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+			valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+		}
+		else
+			valval = (tv.val());
+		
+		console.log('valval here is ' + valval);
+		return  this.decodeBlob(this.istream, valval);
+	}
+	
+	//
+	//byte [] 
+	//bytes = new byte[blobLength];
+	console.log('this.offset is '+ this.offset);
+	console.log('blogLength is '+ blobLength);
+	
+	bytes = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+ blobLength);
+	this.offset += blobLength;
+	
+	//int 
+	return bytes;
+	
+	count = 0;
+	/*
+	while (true) {
+		count += istream.read(bytes, count, (blobLength - count));
+		//Library.info("read "+count+" bytes out of "+blobLength+" in decodeBlob");
+		if (count < bytes.length) {
+			//we couldn't read enough..  need to try to read all of the bytes
+			//loop again...
+			//should we add a max number of tries?
+		} else if (count == bytes.length) {
+			//we are done reading!  return now.
+			return bytes;
+		} else {
+			//we somehow read more than we should have...
+
+			throw new Exception("Expected to read " + bytes.length + 
+					" bytes of data, read: " + count);
+		}
+	}*/
+};
+
+//String
+/*BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeUString = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream) {
+	//istream.mark(LONG_BYTES*2);
+	
+	//TypeAndVal 
+	tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(istream);
+	
+	/*if ((null == tv) || (XML_UDATA != tv.type())) { // if we just have closers left, will get back null
+		if (Log.isLoggable(Log.FAC_ENCODING, Level.FINEST))
+			Log.finest(Log.FAC_ENCODING, "Expected UDATA, got " + ((null == tv) ? " not a tag " : tv.type()) + ", assuming elided 0-length blob.");
+		istream.reset();
+		return "";
+	}*/
+/*
+	var valval ;
+	if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+		valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+	}
+	else
+		valval = (tv.val());
+	
+	return this.decodeUString(istream, valval);
+}*/
+
+//String
+BinaryXMLDecoder.prototype.decodeUString = function(
+		//InputStream 
+		istream, 
+		//int 
+		byteLength) {
+	
+	if(null == byteLength){
+		tv = this.decodeTypeAndVal(this.istream);
+		var valval ;
+		if(typeof tv.val() == 'string'){
+			valval = (parseInt(tv.val()));
+		}
+		else
+			valval = (tv.val());
+		
+		byteLength= this.decodeUString(this.istream, valval);
+	}
+	
+	//byte [] 
+	console.log('bytes Length here is '+ byteLength);
+	
+	stringBytes = this.decodeBlob(this.istream, byteLength);
+	
+	tempBuffer = this.istream.slice(this.offset, this.offset+byteLength);
+	this.offset+= byteLength;
+	console.log('read the String' + tempBuffer.toString('ascii'));
+	return tempBuffer.toString('ascii');//DataUtils.getUTF8StringFromBytes(stringBytes);
+};
+
+var TypeAndVal = function TypeAndVal(_type,_val) {
+	this.t = _type;
+	this.v = _val;
+	
+};
+
+TypeAndVal.prototype.type = function(){
+	return this.t;
+};
+
+TypeAndVal.prototype.val = function(){
+	return this.v;
+};
+//TODO
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