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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  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_READVERTISE_READVERTISE_POLICY_HPP
+#define NFD_RIB_READVERTISE_READVERTISE_POLICY_HPP
+
+#include "../rib.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/signing-info.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace rib {
+
+/** \brief a decision made by readvertise policy
+ */
+struct ReadvertiseAction
+{
+  Name prefix; ///< the prefix that should be readvertised
+  ndn::security::SigningInfo signer; ///< credentials for command signing
+};
+
+/** \brief a policy to decide whether to readvertise a route, and what prefix to readvertise
+ */
+class ReadvertisePolicy : noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  /** \brief decide whether to readvertise a route, and what prefix to readvertise
+   */
+  virtual ndn::optional<ReadvertiseAction>
+  handleNewRoute(const RibRouteRef& ribRoute) const = 0;
+
+  /** \return how often readvertisements made by this policy should be refreshed.
+   */
+  virtual time::milliseconds
+  getRefreshInterval() const = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace rib
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_RIB_READVERTISE_READVERTISE_POLICY_HPP