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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 University of Arizona.
+ * @author: Jerald Paul Abraham <jeraldabraham@email.arizona.edu>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/security/key-chain.hpp>
+
+using namespace ndn;
+
+class NdnTrafficClient
+{
+public:
+
+  NdnTrafficClient( char* programName )
+  {
+    programName_ = programName;
+    interestInterval_ = getDefaultInterestInterval();
+    interestCount_ = getDefaultInterestCount();
+    prefix_ = "";
+    configurationFile_ = "";
+  }
+
+  NdnTrafficClient()
+  : keyChain_()
+  {
+  }
+
+  void
+  usage()
+  {
+    std::cout << "\nUsage: " << programName_ << " Printing Usage"
+      "\n\n";
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  int
+  getDefaultInterestInterval()
+  {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int
+  getDefaultInterestCount()
+  {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  isPrefixSet()
+  {
+    if ( prefix_.length() > 0 )
+      return true;
+    else
+      return false;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setInterestInterval( int interestInterval )
+  {
+    if (interestInterval < 0)
+      usage();
+    interestInterval_ = interestInterval;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setInterestCount( int interestCount )
+  {
+    if (interestCount < 0)
+      usage();
+    interestCount_ = interestCount;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setPrefix( char* prefix )
+  {
+    prefix_ = prefix;
+  }
+
+  void
+  setConfigurationFile( char* configurationFile )
+  {
+    configurationFile_ = configurationFile;
+  }
+
+private:
+
+  KeyChain keyChain_;
+  std::string programName_;
+  int interestInterval_;
+  int interestCount_;
+  std::string prefix_;
+  std::string configurationFile_;
+
+};
+
+int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
+{
+  int option;
+  NdnTrafficClient ndnTrafficClient (argv[0]);
+  while ((option = getopt(argc, argv, "hi:c:p:")) != -1) {
+    switch (option) {
+      case 'h'  :
+        ndnTrafficClient.usage();
+        break;
+      case 'i'  :
+        ndnTrafficClient.setInterestInterval(atoi(optarg));
+        break;
+      case 'c'  :
+        ndnTrafficClient.setInterestCount(atoi(optarg));
+        break;
+      case 'p'  :
+        ndnTrafficClient.setPrefix(optarg);
+        break;
+      default   :
+        ndnTrafficClient.usage();
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  argc -= optind;
+  argv += optind;
+
+  if (argv[0] == NULL && !ndnTrafficClient.isPrefixSet() )
+    ndnTrafficClient.usage();
+
+  ndnTrafficClient.setConfigurationFile(argv[0]);
+
+  return 0;
+}