diff --git a/examples/content-object-example.cc b/examples/content-object-example.cc
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+#include "ns3/test.h"
+#include "ns3/annotated-topology-reader.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-content-object-header.h"
+#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
+#include "ns3/random-variable.h"
+#include <limits> 
+#include "ns3/ccnx-header-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/header.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-name-components.h"
+#include "ns3/nstime.h"
+#include "ns3/buffer.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+
+using namespace ns3;
+#include <fstream>
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ContentObjectHeaderExample");
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	LogComponentEnable ("ContentObjectHeaderExample", LOG_ALL);
+	LogComponentEnable ("Packet", LOG_ALL);
+	
+    NS_LOG_INFO ("Test started");
+
+	Packet::EnablePrinting ();
+	Packet::EnableChecking (); 
+	Packet packet (10);
+	
+    CcnxContentObjectHeader header;
+	CcnxContentObjectTail   trailer;
+	
+    Ptr<CcnxNameComponents> testname = Create<CcnxNameComponents> ();
+    (*testname) ("1");
+    header.SetName(testname);
+
+	NS_LOG_INFO ("Source: \n" << header << trailer);
+
+	packet.AddHeader (header);
+	packet.AddTrailer (trailer);
+
+	// NS_LOG_INFO ("Deserialized packet: \n" << packet);
+
+	NS_LOG_INFO ("Removing and deserializing individual headers");
+	
+    CcnxContentObjectHeader dst_header;
+	CcnxContentObjectTail   dst_trailer;
+
+	packet.RemoveHeader (dst_header);
+	packet.RemoveTrailer (dst_trailer);
+	
+	NS_LOG_INFO ("Target: \n" << dst_header << dst_trailer);
+
+	return 0;
+}