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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_CORE_SEGMENT_PUBLISHER_HPP
+#define NFD_CORE_SEGMENT_PUBLISHER_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/encoding-buffer.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/key-chain.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+template <class FaceBase>
+class SegmentPublisher : noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  SegmentPublisher(FaceBase& face, const Name& prefix, ndn::KeyChain& keyChain)
+    : m_face(face)
+    , m_prefix(prefix)
+    , m_keyChain(keyChain)
+  {
+  }
+
+  virtual
+  ~SegmentPublisher()
+  {
+  }
+
+  static size_t
+  getMaxSegmentSize()
+  {
+    static const size_t MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE = ndn::MAX_NDN_PACKET_SIZE >> 1;
+    return MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
+  }
+
+  void
+  publish()
+  {
+    Name segmentPrefix(m_prefix);
+    segmentPrefix.appendVersion();
+
+    ndn::EncodingBuffer buffer;
+
+    generate(buffer);
+
+    const uint8_t* rawBuffer = buffer.buf();
+    const uint8_t* segmentBegin = rawBuffer;
+    const uint8_t* end = rawBuffer + buffer.size();
+
+    uint64_t segmentNo = 0;
+    while (segmentBegin < end)
+      {
+        const uint8_t* segmentEnd = segmentBegin + getMaxSegmentSize();
+        if (segmentEnd > end)
+          {
+            segmentEnd = end;
+          }
+
+        Name segmentName(segmentPrefix);
+        segmentName.appendSegment(segmentNo);
+
+        shared_ptr<Data> data(make_shared<Data>(segmentName));
+        data->setContent(segmentBegin, segmentEnd - segmentBegin);
+
+        segmentBegin = segmentEnd;
+        if (segmentBegin >= end)
+          {
+            data->setFinalBlockId(segmentName[-1]);
+          }
+
+        publishSegment(data);
+        segmentNo++;
+      }
+  }
+
+protected:
+
+  virtual size_t
+  generate(ndn::EncodingBuffer& outBuffer) =0;
+
+private:
+  void
+  publishSegment(shared_ptr<Data>& data)
+  {
+    m_keyChain.sign(*data);
+    m_face.put(*data);
+  }
+
+private:
+  FaceBase& m_face;
+  const Name m_prefix;
+  ndn::KeyChain& m_keyChain;
+};
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_CORE_SEGMENT_PUBLISHER_HPP