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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Named Data Networking Project
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H
+#define NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+class FaceUri
+{
+public:
+  class Error : public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    Error(const std::string& what) : std::runtime_error(what) {}
+  };
+
+  FaceUri();
+  
+  /** \brief Construct URI object
+   *
+   * Expected format: scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id
+   *
+   * \throw FaceUri::Error if URI cannot be parsed
+   */
+  explicit
+  FaceUri(const std::string& uri);
+
+  /** \brief Exception-safe parsing of URI
+   */
+  bool
+  parse(const std::string& uri);
+
+  /** \brief Get scheme (protocol) extracted from URI
+   */
+  const std::string&
+  getScheme() const;
+
+  /** \brief Get domain extracted from URI
+   */
+  const std::string&
+  getDomain() const;
+
+  /** \brief Get port extracted from URI
+   *
+   *  \return Extracted port or empty string if port wasn't present
+   */
+  const std::string&
+  getPort() const;
+
+  // other getters should be added, when necessary
+
+private:
+  std::string m_scheme;
+  std::string m_domain;
+  std::string m_port;
+};
+
+inline
+FaceUri::FaceUri()
+{
+}
+
+inline const std::string&
+FaceUri::getScheme() const
+{
+  return m_scheme;
+}
+
+inline const std::string&
+FaceUri::getDomain() const
+{
+  return m_domain;
+}
+
+inline const std::string&
+FaceUri::getPort() const
+{
+  return m_port;
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_CORE_FACE_URI_H