model: Another major change: switching to NDN.cxx API for ndn::Name
NDN.cxx code is almost exactly the same, with minor NS-3 specific customizations
Refs #1011 (http://redmine.named-data.net/issues/1011)
diff --git a/ndn.cxx/blob.h b/ndn.cxx/blob.h
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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ * Alexander Afanasyev
+ * Zhenkai Zhu
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ * Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BLOB_H
+#define NDN_BLOB_H
+
+#include "ns3/ndn-common.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstddef>
+
+NDN_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+/**
+ * @brief Class representing a general-use binary blob
+ */
+class Blob : public std::vector<char>
+{
+public:
+ /**
+ * @brief Creates an empty blob
+ */
+ Blob ()
+ {
+ }
+
+ Blob (const void *buf, size_t length)
+ : std::vector<char> (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf), reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf) + length)
+ {
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Get pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
+ */
+ inline char*
+ buf ()
+ {
+ return &front ();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @brief Get const pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
+ */
+ inline const char*
+ buf () const
+ {
+ return &front ();
+ }
+};
+
+NDN_NAMESPACE_END
+
+#endif // NDN_BLOB_H