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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
+ *
+ * Authors:     Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+                Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef CCNX_APP_FACE_H
+#define CCNX_APP_FACE_H
+
+#include "ccnx-face.h"
+#include "ns3/traced-callback.h"
+
+namespace ns3 
+{
+
+class CcnxInterestHeader;
+class CcnxContentObjectHeader;
+class Packet;
+class CcnxApp;
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup ccnx-face
+ * \brief Implementation of application CCNx face
+ *
+ * This class defines basic functionality of CCNx face. Face is core
+ * component responsible for actual delivery of data packet to and
+ * from CCNx stack
+ *
+ * \see CcnxAppFace, CcnxNetDeviceFace, CcnxIpv4Face, CcnxUdpFace
+ */
+class CcnxAppFace  : public CcnxFace
+{
+public:
+  static TypeId
+  GetTypeId ();
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Default constructor
+   */
+  CcnxAppFace (Ptr<CcnxApp> app);
+  virtual ~CcnxAppFace();
+  
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // methods overloaded from CcnxFace
+  virtual void
+  RegisterProtocolHandler (ProtocolHandler handler);
+
+protected:
+  virtual void
+  SendImpl (Ptr<Packet> p);
+
+public:
+  virtual std::ostream&
+  Print (std::ostream &os) const;
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ 
+private:
+  CcnxAppFace ();
+  CcnxAppFace (const CcnxAppFace &); ///< \brief Disabled copy constructor
+  CcnxAppFace& operator= (const CcnxAppFace &); ///< \brief Disabled copy operator
+
+private:
+  Ptr<CcnxApp> m_app;
+};
+
+std::ostream& operator<< (std::ostream& os, const CcnxAppFace &localFace);
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+#endif // CCNX_APP_FACE_H