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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CCNB_PARSER_TIMESTAMP_VISITOR_H_
+#define _CCNB_PARSER_TIMESTAMP_VISITOR_H_
+
+#include "no-argu-depth-first-visitor.h"
+
+namespace ns3 {
+namespace ndn {
+namespace CcnbParser {
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup ccnx-ccnb
+ * \brief Visitor to obtain timestamp value from BLOB block
+ *
+ * Will return empty boost::any() if called on anything except BLOB block
+ */
+class TimestampVisitor : public NoArguDepthFirstVisitor
+{
+public:
+  virtual boost::any visit (Blob &n); 
+  virtual boost::any/*Time*/ visit (Udata &n); ///< Throws parsing error if UDATA object is encountered
+};
+
+}
+}
+}
+
+#endif // _CCNB_PARSER_TIMESTAMP_VISITOR_H_