diff --git a/examples/interest-header-example.cc b/examples/interest-header-example.cc
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+#include "ns3/test.h"
+#include "ns3/annotated-topology-reader.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-interest-header.h"
+#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
+#include "ns3/random-variable.h"
+#include <limits> 
+#include "ns3/ccnx-header-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/header.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-name-components.h"
+#include "ns3/nstime.h"
+#include "ns3/buffer.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+
+using namespace ns3;
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("InterestHeaderExample");
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("Test started");
+    uint32_t randomNonce = UniformVariable().GetInteger(1, std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max ());
+    Ptr<CcnxNameComponents> testname = Create<CcnxNameComponents> ();
+    (*testname) ("test") ("test2");
+    
+    Ptr<CcnxNameComponents> exclude = Create<CcnxNameComponents> ();
+    (*testname) ("exclude") ("exclude2");
+    
+    Time lifetime = Seconds(4.0);
+    bool child = true;
+    
+    uint32_t maxSuffixComponents = 40;
+    uint32_t minSuffixComponents = 20;
+    
+    CcnxInterestHeader interestHeader;
+    interestHeader.SetNonce(randomNonce);
+    interestHeader.SetName(testname);
+    interestHeader.SetInterestLifetime(lifetime);
+    interestHeader.SetChildSelector(child);
+    interestHeader.SetExclude(exclude);
+    interestHeader.SetMaxSuffixComponents(maxSuffixComponents);
+    interestHeader.SetMinSuffixComponents(minSuffixComponents);
+    
+    uint32_t size = interestHeader.GetSerializedSize();
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("Size = " << size);
+    //uint32_t size = 5;
+    //NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (false, true, "GetSize = " << size);
+    
+    Buffer buf(size);
+    Buffer::Iterator iter = buf.Begin ();
+    //interestHeader.
+    //interestHeader.Serialize(iter);
+    
+    iter = buf.Begin ();
+    CcnxInterestHeader target;
+    
+}
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