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+## -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
+# 
+# Copyright (c) 2011-2013, Regents of the University of California
+#                          Alexander Afanasyev
+# 
+# GNU 3.0 license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+# 
+# Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+# 
+
+#
+# Based on PyCCN code, copyrighted and licensed as follows
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011-2013, Regents of the University of California
+# BSD license, See the COPYING file for more information
+# Written by: Derek Kulinski <takeda@takeda.tk>
+#             Jeff Burke <jburke@ucla.edu>
+#
+
+import ns.core
+import ns.ndnSIM
+from Name import Name
+
+class KeyLocator (object):
+    def __init__(self, keyName = None):
+        self.keyName = keyName
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def getDefaultKeyLocator():
+        context = ns.core.Simulator.GetContext ()
+        keyLocator = ns.ndnSIM.ndn.Name ()
+        keyLocator.\
+            append ("default-key").\
+            append (str (context))
+
+        return Name (keyLocator)