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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_NETWORK_HPP
+#define NFD_CORE_NETWORK_HPP
+
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <boost/utility/value_init.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+class Network
+{
+public:
+  Network()
+  {
+  }
+
+  Network(const boost::asio::ip::address& minAddress,
+          const boost::asio::ip::address& maxAddress)
+    : m_minAddress(minAddress)
+    , m_maxAddress(maxAddress)
+  {
+  }
+
+  void
+  print(std::ostream& os) const;
+
+  bool
+  doesContain(const boost::asio::ip::address& address) const
+  {
+    return (m_minAddress <= address && address <= m_maxAddress);
+  }
+
+  static const Network&
+  getMaxRangeV4();
+
+  static const Network&
+  getMaxRangeV6();
+
+  bool
+  operator==(const Network& rhs) const
+  {
+    return m_minAddress == rhs.m_minAddress && m_maxAddress == rhs.m_maxAddress;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  operator!=(const Network& rhs) const
+  {
+    return !(*this == rhs);
+  }
+
+private:
+  boost::asio::ip::address m_minAddress;
+  boost::asio::ip::address m_maxAddress;
+
+  friend std::istream&
+  operator>>(std::istream& is, Network& network);
+
+  friend std::ostream&
+  operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Network& network);
+};
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Network& network);
+
+std::istream&
+operator>>(std::istream& is, Network& network);
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_CORE_NETWORK_HPP