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+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+///< #CCN_PR_SCOPE0 (0x20) local scope,
+///< #CCN_PR_SCOPE1 (0x40) this host,
+///< #CCN_PR_SCOPE2 (0x80) immediate neighborhood
+
+
+#include "interest-header.h"
+
+namespace ns3
+{
+namespace NDNabstraction
+{
+
+  InterestHeader::InterestHeader ()
+    : m_minSuffixComponents (-1)
+    , m_maxSuffixComponents (-1)
+    , m_childSelector (false)
+    , m_answerOriginKind (false)
+    , m_scope (-1)
+    , m_interestLifetime (-1)
+    , m_nonce (0)
+  {
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetName (const Ptr<Name::Components> &name)
+  {
+    m_name = name;
+  }
+
+  const Name::Components&
+  InterestHeader::GetName () const
+  {
+    return *m_name;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetMinSuffixComponents (int32_t value)
+  {
+    m_minSuffixComponents = value;
+  }
+
+  int32_t
+  InterestHeader::GetMinSuffixComponents () const
+  {
+    return m_minSuffixComponents;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetMaxSuffixComponents (int32_t value)
+  {
+    m_maxSuffixComponents = value;
+  }
+
+  int32_t
+  InterestHeader::GetMaxSuffixComponents () const
+  {
+    return m_maxSuffixComponents;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetExclude (const Ptr<Name::Components> &exclude)
+  {
+    m_exclude = exclude;
+  }
+
+  const Name::Components&
+  InterestHeader::GetExclude () const
+  {
+    return *m_exclude;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::EnableChildSelector ()
+  {
+    m_childSelector = true;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  InterestHeader::IsEnabledChildSelector () const
+  {
+    return m_childSelector;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::EnableAnswerOriginKind ()
+  {
+    m_answerOriginKind = true;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  InterestHeader::IsEnabledAnswerOriginKind () const
+  {
+    return m_answerOriginKind;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetScope (int8_t scope)
+  {
+    m_scope = scope;
+  }
+
+  int8_t
+  InterestHeader::GetScope () const
+  {
+    return m_scope;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetInterestLifetime (intmax_t lifetime)
+  {
+    m_interestLifetime = lifetime;
+  }
+
+  intmax_t
+  InterestHeader::GetInterestLifetime () const
+  {
+    return m_interestLifetime;
+  }
+
+  void
+  InterestHeader::SetNonce (uint32_t nonce)
+  {
+    m_nonce = nonce;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t
+  InterestHeader::GetNonce () const
+  {
+    return m_nonce;
+  }
+  
+  uint32_t
+  InterestHeader::GetSerializedSize (void) const
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+    
+  void
+  InterestHeader::Serialize (Buffer::Iterator start) const
+  {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t
+  InterestHeader::Deserialize (Buffer::Iterator start)
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  TypeId
+  InterestHeader::GetTypeId (void)
+  {
+    static TypeId tid = TypeId ("ns3::NDNabstraction::InterestHeader")
+      .SetParent<Header> ()
+      .AddConstructor<InterestHeader> ()
+      ;
+    return tid;
+  }
+  
+  TypeId
+  InterestHeader::GetInstanceTypeId (void) const
+  {
+    return GetTypeId ();
+  }
+  
+  void
+  InterestHeader::Print (std::ostream &os) const
+  {
+    os << "Interest: " << *m_name;
+  }
+}
+}