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+/* -*-  Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 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: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+// hijacker.cc
+
+#include "hijacker.h"
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("Hijacker");
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+// Necessary if you are planning to use ndn::AppHelper
+NS_OBJECT_ENSURE_REGISTERED (Hijacker);
+
+TypeId
+Hijacker::GetTypeId ()
+{
+  static TypeId tid = TypeId ("Hijacker")
+    .SetParent<ndn::App> ()
+    .AddConstructor<Hijacker> ()
+    ;
+
+  return tid;
+}
+
+Hijacker::Hijacker ()
+{
+}
+
+void
+Hijacker::OnInterest (const Ptr<const ndn::InterestHeader> &interest, Ptr<Packet> packet)
+{
+  ndn::App::OnInterest (interest, packet); // forward call to perform app-level tracing
+  // do nothing else (hijack interest)
+
+  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Do nothing for incoming interest for" << interest->GetName ());
+}
+
+void
+Hijacker::StartApplication ()
+{
+  App::StartApplication ();
+
+  // equivalent to setting interest filter for "/" prefix
+  Ptr<ndn::Fib> fib = GetNode ()->GetObject<ndn::Fib> ();
+  Ptr<ndn::fib::Entry> fibEntry = fib->Add ("/", m_face, 0);
+  fibEntry->UpdateStatus (m_face, ndn::fib::FaceMetric::NDN_FIB_GREEN);
+}
+
+void
+Hijacker::StopApplication ()
+{
+  App::StopApplication ();
+}
+
+} // namespace ns3
+