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 * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
 */

#ifndef _CCNB_PARSER_BLOCK_H_
#define _CCNB_PARSER_BLOCK_H_

#include "ns3/simple-ref-count.h"
#include "ns3/buffer.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"

// visitors
#include "ns3/ccnb-parser-void-no-argu-visitor.h"
#include "ns3/ccnb-parser-void-visitor.h"
#include "ns3/ccnb-parser-no-argu-visitor.h"
#include "ns3/ccnb-parser-visitor.h"

namespace ns3 {
namespace CcnbParser {

/**
 * \ingroup ccnx-ccnb
 * \brief Base class for ccnb-encoded node
 *
 * This class provides a static method to create a new block
 * (recursively) from the stream
 *
 * \see http://www.ccnx.org/releases/latest/doc/technical/BinaryEncoding.html
 */
class Block : public SimpleRefCount<Block>
{
public:
  // static int counter;
  /**
   * \brief Parsing stream (recursively) and creating a parsed BLOCK
   * object
   *
   * \param start buffer iterator pointing to the start position for parsing 
   * \returns parsed ccnb-encoded block, that could contain more block inside
   */
  static Ptr<Block>
  ParseBlock (Buffer::Iterator &start);
  
  virtual void accept( VoidNoArguVisitor &v )               = 0;
  virtual void accept( VoidVisitor &v, boost::any param )   = 0;
  virtual boost::any accept( NoArguVisitor &v )             = 0;
  virtual boost::any accept( Visitor &v, boost::any param ) = 0;
};

}
}

#endif // _CCNB_PARSER_BLOCK_H_