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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  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_DAEMON_FW_SELF_LEARNING_STRATEGY_HPP
+#define NFD_DAEMON_FW_SELF_LEARNING_STRATEGY_HPP
+
+#include "fw/strategy.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/lp/prefix-announcement-header.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace fw {
+
+/** \brief Self-learning strategy
+ *
+ *  This strategy first broadcasts Interest to learn a single path towards data,
+ *  then unicasts subsequent Interests along the learned path
+ *
+ *  \see https://redmine.named-data.net/attachments/864/Self-learning-strategy-v1.pdf
+ */
+class SelfLearningStrategy : public Strategy
+{
+public:
+  explicit
+  SelfLearningStrategy(Forwarder& forwarder, const Name& name = getStrategyName());
+
+  static const Name&
+  getStrategyName();
+
+  /// StrategyInfo on pit::InRecord
+  class InRecordInfo : public StrategyInfo
+  {
+  public:
+    static constexpr int
+    getTypeId()
+    {
+      return 1040;
+    }
+
+  public:
+    bool isNonDiscoveryInterest = false;
+  };
+
+  /// StrategyInfo on pit::OutRecord
+  class OutRecordInfo : public StrategyInfo
+  {
+  public:
+    static constexpr int
+    getTypeId()
+    {
+      return 1041;
+    }
+
+  public:
+    bool isNonDiscoveryInterest = false;
+  };
+
+public: // triggers
+  void
+  afterReceiveInterest(const Face& inFace, const Interest& interest,
+                       const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry) override;
+
+  void
+  afterReceiveData(const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry,
+                   const Face& inFace, const Data& data) override;
+
+  void
+  afterReceiveNack(const Face& inFace, const lp::Nack& nack,
+                   const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry) override;
+
+private: // operations
+
+  /** \brief Send an Interest to all possible faces
+   *
+   *  This function is invoked when the forwarder has no matching FIB entries for
+   *  an incoming discovery Interest, which will be forwarded to faces that
+   *    - do not violate the Interest scope
+   *    - are non-local
+   *    - are not the face from which the Interest arrived, unless the face is ad-hoc
+   */
+  void
+  broadcastInterest(const Interest& interest, const Face& inFace,
+                    const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry);
+
+  /** \brief Send an Interest to \p nexthops
+   */
+  void
+  multicastInterest(const Interest& interest, const Face& inFace,
+                    const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry,
+                    const fib::NextHopList& nexthops);
+
+  /** \brief Find a Prefix Announcement for the Data on the RIB thread, and forward
+   *         the Data with the Prefix Announcement on the main thread
+   */
+  void
+  asyncProcessData(const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry, const Face& inFace, const Data& data);
+
+  /** \brief Check whether a PrefixAnnouncement needs to be attached to an incoming Data
+   *
+   *  The conditions that a Data packet requires a PrefixAnnouncement are
+   *    - the incoming Interest was discovery and
+   *    - the outgoing Interest was non-discovery and
+   *    - this forwarder does not directly connect to the consumer
+   */
+  static bool
+  needPrefixAnn(const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry);
+
+  /** \brief Add a route using RibManager::slAnnounce on the RIB thread
+   */
+  void
+  addRoute(const shared_ptr<pit::Entry>& pitEntry, const Face& inFace,
+           const Data& data, const ndn::PrefixAnnouncement& pa);
+
+  /** \brief renew a route using RibManager::slRenew on the RIB thread
+   */
+  void
+  renewRoute(const Name& name, FaceId inFaceId, time::milliseconds maxLifetime);
+
+private:
+  static const time::milliseconds ROUTE_RENEW_LIFETIME;
+};
+
+} // namespace fw
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_DAEMON_FW_SELF_LEARNING_STRATEGY_HPP