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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                      Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                      Colorado State University,
+ *                      University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                      Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                      Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                      The University of Memphis
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD 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
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_RIB_RIB_STATUS_PUBLISHER_HPP
+#define NFD_RIB_RIB_STATUS_PUBLISHER_HPP
+
+#include "core/segment-publisher.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/face.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace rib {
+
+class Rib;
+
+class RibStatusPublisher : public SegmentPublisher<ndn::Face>
+{
+public:
+  RibStatusPublisher(const Rib& rib,
+                     ndn::Face& face,
+                     const Name& prefix,
+                     ndn::KeyChain& keyChain);
+
+  virtual
+  ~RibStatusPublisher();
+
+protected:
+  virtual size_t
+  generate(ndn::EncodingBuffer& outBuffer);
+
+private:
+  const Rib& m_rib;
+};
+
+
+} // namespace rib
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif