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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                     Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                     Colorado State University,
+ *                     University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                     Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                     Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                     The University of Memphis
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD 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.
+ *
+ * NFD 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
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef NFD_RIB_RIB_HPP
+#define NFD_RIB_RIB_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/management/nrd-prefix-reg-options.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace rib {
+
+using ndn::nrd::PrefixRegOptions;
+namespace tlv = ndn::tlv;
+
+/** \brief represents the RIB
+ */
+class Rib
+{
+public:
+  typedef std::list<PrefixRegOptions> RibTable;
+  typedef RibTable::const_iterator const_iterator;
+
+  Rib();
+
+  ~Rib();
+
+  const_iterator
+  find(const PrefixRegOptions& options) const;
+
+  void
+  insert(const PrefixRegOptions& options);
+
+  void
+  erase(const PrefixRegOptions& options);
+
+  void
+  erase(uint64_t faceId);
+
+  const_iterator
+  begin() const;
+
+  const_iterator
+  end() const;
+
+  size_t
+  size() const;
+
+  size_t
+  empty() const;
+
+private:
+  // Note: Taking a list right now. A Trie will be used later to store
+  // prefixes
+  RibTable m_rib;
+};
+
+inline Rib::const_iterator
+Rib::begin() const
+{
+  return m_rib.begin();
+}
+
+inline Rib::const_iterator
+Rib::end() const
+{
+  return m_rib.end();
+}
+
+inline size_t
+Rib::size() const
+{
+  return m_rib.size();
+}
+
+inline size_t
+Rib::empty() const
+{
+  return m_rib.empty();
+}
+
+} // namespace rib
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_RIB_RIB_HPP