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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>
+ *         Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#include "ndn-name-components.h"
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ndn.Name");
+
+namespace ns3 {
+namespace ndn {
+
+ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_CPP (Name);
+ATTRIBUTE_HELPER_CPP (NameComponents);
+
+Name::Name (/* root */)
+{
+}
+
+Name::Name (const std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> > &components)
+{
+  BOOST_FOREACH (const boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> &component, components)
+    {
+      Add (component.get ());
+    }
+}
+
+Name::Name (const std::string &prefix)
+{
+  istringstream is (prefix);
+  is >> *this;
+}
+
+Name::Name (const char *prefix)
+{
+  NS_ASSERT (prefix != 0);
+
+  istringstream is (prefix);
+  is >> *this;
+}
+
+const std::list<std::string> &
+Name::GetComponents () const
+{
+  return m_prefix;
+}
+
+std::string
+Name::GetLastComponent () const
+{
+  if (m_prefix.size () == 0)
+    {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+  return m_prefix.back ();
+}
+
+std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> >
+Name::GetSubComponents (size_t num) const
+{
+  NS_ASSERT_MSG (0<=num && num<=m_prefix.size (), "Invalid number of subcomponents requested");
+
+  std::list<boost::reference_wrapper<const std::string> > subComponents;
+  std::list<std::string>::const_iterator component = m_prefix.begin();
+  for (size_t i=0; i<num; i++, component++)
+    {
+      subComponents.push_back (boost::ref (*component));
+    }
+
+  return subComponents;
+}
+
+Name
+Name::cut (size_t minusComponents) const
+{
+  Name retval;
+  std::list<std::string>::const_iterator component = m_prefix.begin ();
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_prefix.size () - minusComponents; i++, component++)
+    {
+      retval.Add (*component);
+    }
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+size_t
+Name::GetSerializedSize () const
+{
+  size_t nameSerializedSize = 2;
+
+  for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = this->begin ();
+       i != this->end ();
+       i++)
+    {
+      nameSerializedSize += 2 + i->size ();
+    }
+  NS_ASSERT_MSG (nameSerializedSize < 30000, "Name is too long (> 30kbytes)");
+
+  return nameSerializedSize;
+}
+
+uint32_t
+Name::Serialize (Buffer::Iterator start) const
+{
+  Buffer::Iterator i = start;
+
+  i.WriteU16 (static_cast<uint16_t> (this->GetSerializedSize ()-2));
+
+  for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator item = this->begin ();
+       item != this->end ();
+       item++)
+    {
+      i.WriteU16 (static_cast<uint16_t> (item->size ()));
+      i.Write (reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*> (item->c_str ()), item->size ());
+    }
+
+  return i.GetDistanceFrom (start);
+}
+
+uint32_t
+Name::Deserialize (Buffer::Iterator start)
+{
+  Buffer::Iterator i = start;
+
+  uint16_t nameLength = i.ReadU16 ();
+  while (nameLength > 0)
+    {
+      uint16_t length = i.ReadU16 ();
+      nameLength = nameLength - 2 - length;
+
+      uint8_t tmp[length];
+      i.Read (tmp, length);
+
+      this->Add (string (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (tmp), length));
+    }
+
+  return i.GetDistanceFrom (start);
+}
+
+void
+Name::Print (std::ostream &os) const
+{
+  for (const_iterator i=m_prefix.begin(); i!=m_prefix.end(); i++)
+    {
+      os << "/" << *i;
+    }
+  if (m_prefix.size ()==0) os << "/";
+}
+
+std::ostream &
+operator << (std::ostream &os, const Name &components)
+{
+  components.Print (os);
+  return os;
+}
+
+std::istream &
+operator >> (std::istream &is, Name &components)
+{
+  istream_iterator<char> eos; // end of stream
+
+  std::string component = "";
+  istream_iterator<char> it (is);
+  for (; it != eos; it++)
+    {
+      if (*it == '/')
+        {
+          if (component != "")
+              components.Add (component);
+          component = "";
+        }
+      else
+        component.push_back (*it);
+    }
+  if (component != "")
+      components.Add (component);
+
+  is.clear ();
+  // NS_LOG_ERROR (components << ", bad: " << is.bad () <<", fail: " << is.fail ());
+
+  return is;
+}
+
+} // ndn
+} // ns3