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 * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
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 *
 * Author:  Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 *          Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
 */
#ifndef CCNX_FORWARDING_STRATEGY_H
#define CCNX_FORWARDING_STRATEGY_H

#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/callback.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"

#include "ccnx.h"
#include "ccnx-fib.h"
#include "ccnx-pit.h"
#include "ccnx-pit-entry.h"

namespace ns3 {

class CcnxFace;
class CcnxInterestHeader;

/**
 * \ingroup ccnx
 * \brief Abstract base class for Ccnx forwarding protocols
 */
class CcnxForwardingStrategy : public Object
{
public:
  static TypeId GetTypeId (void);

  CcnxForwardingStrategy ();
    
  void SetPit(Ptr<CcnxPit> pit);
    
  typedef
  Callback<void, const Ptr<CcnxFace> &, const Ptr<CcnxInterestHeader> &, const Ptr<Packet> &>
  SendCallback;

  virtual bool PropagateInterest  (CcnxPitEntryContainer::type::iterator pitEntry, 
                                   CcnxFibEntryContainer::type::iterator fibEntry,
                                   const Ptr<CcnxFace> &incomingFace,
                                   Ptr<CcnxInterestHeader> &header,
                                   const Ptr<const Packet> &packet,
                                   SendCallback ucb) = 0;
  Ptr<CcnxPit> GetPit();
    
private:  
  Ptr<CcnxPit> m_pit;
};

} //namespace ns3

#endif /* CCNX_FORWARDING_STRATEGY_H */