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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_FACE_NDNLP_PARSE_HPP
+#define NFD_FACE_NDNLP_PARSE_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include "ndnlp-tlv.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace ndnlp {
+
+struct ParseError : public std::runtime_error
+{
+  ParseError(const std::string& what)
+    : std::runtime_error(what)
+  {
+  }
+};
+
+/** \brief represents a NdnlpData packet
+ *  
+ *  NdnlpData ::= NDNLP-DATA-TYPE TLV-LENGTH
+ *                  NdnlpSequence
+ *                  NdnlpFragIndex?
+ *                  NdnlpFragCount?
+ *                  NdnlpPayload
+ */
+class NdnlpData
+{
+public:
+  /** \brief parse a NdnlpData packet
+   *  
+   *  \exception ParseError packet is malformated
+   */
+  void
+  wireDecode(const Block& wire);
+  
+public:
+  uint64_t m_seq;
+  uint16_t m_fragIndex;
+  uint16_t m_fragCount;
+  Block m_payload;
+};
+
+} // namespace ndnlp
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_FACE_NDNLP_PARSE_HPP