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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2025, Regents of the University of California,
+ *                          Colorado State University,
+ *                          University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University.
+ *
+ * This file is part of ndn-tools (Named Data Networking Essential Tools).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of ndn-tools authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * ndn-tools is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * ndn-tools is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * ndn-tools, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of ndn-cxx authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * @author Wentao Shang
+ * @author Steve DiBenedetto
+ * @author Andrea Tosatto
+ * @author Chavoosh Ghasemi
+ */
+
+#include "discover-version.hpp"
+#include "data-fetcher.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/metadata-object.hpp>
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace ndn::get {
+
+DiscoverVersion::DiscoverVersion(Face& face, const Name& prefix, const Options& options)
+  : m_face(face)
+  , m_prefix(prefix)
+  , m_options(options)
+{
+}
+
+void
+DiscoverVersion::run()
+{
+  if (m_options.disableVersionDiscovery || (!m_prefix.empty() && m_prefix[-1].isVersion())) {
+    onDiscoverySuccess(m_prefix);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Interest interest = MetadataObject::makeDiscoveryInterest(m_prefix)
+                      .setInterestLifetime(m_options.interestLifetime);
+
+  m_fetcher = DataFetcher::fetch(m_face, interest,
+                                 m_options.maxRetriesOnTimeoutOrNack,
+                                 m_options.maxRetriesOnTimeoutOrNack,
+                                 FORWARD_TO_MEM_FN(handleData),
+                                 [this] (const auto&, const auto& reason) {
+                                   onDiscoveryFailure(reason);
+                                 },
+                                 [this] (const auto&, const auto& reason) {
+                                   onDiscoveryFailure(reason);
+                                 },
+                                 m_options.isVerbose);
+}
+
+void
+DiscoverVersion::handleData(const Interest& interest, const Data& data)
+{
+  if (m_options.isVerbose)
+    std::cerr << "Data: " << data << "\n";
+
+  // make a metadata object from received metadata packet
+  MetadataObject mobject;
+  try {
+    mobject = MetadataObject(data);
+  }
+  catch (const tlv::Error& e) {
+    onDiscoveryFailure("Invalid metadata packet: "s + e.what());
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (mobject.getVersionedName().empty() || !mobject.getVersionedName()[-1].isVersion()) {
+    onDiscoveryFailure(mobject.getVersionedName().toUri() + " is not a valid versioned name");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (m_options.isVerbose) {
+    std::cerr << "Discovered Data version: " << mobject.getVersionedName()[-1] << "\n";
+  }
+
+  onDiscoverySuccess(mobject.getVersionedName());
+}
+
+} // namespace ndn::get