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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_DAEMON_FACE_ETHERNET_CHANNEL_HPP
+#define NFD_DAEMON_FACE_ETHERNET_CHANNEL_HPP
+
+#include "channel.hpp"
+#include "pcap-helper.hpp"
+#include "core/network-interface.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+
+/**
+ * \brief Class implementing Ethernet-based channel to create faces
+ */
+class EthernetChannel : public Channel
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * \brief EthernetChannel-related error
+   */
+  class Error : public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    explicit
+    Error(const std::string& what)
+      : std::runtime_error(what)
+    {
+    }
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Create an Ethernet channel on the given \p localEndpoint (network interface)
+   *
+   * To enable creation of faces upon incoming connections,
+   * one needs to explicitly call EthernetChannel::listen method.
+   */
+  EthernetChannel(const NetworkInterfaceInfo& localEndpoint,
+                  time::nanoseconds idleTimeout);
+
+  bool
+  isListening() const override
+  {
+    return m_isListening;
+  }
+
+  size_t
+  size() const override
+  {
+    return m_channelFaces.size();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Create a unicast Ethernet face toward \p remoteEndpoint
+   *
+   * \param remoteEndpoint The remote Ethernet endpoint
+   * \param persistency Persistency of the newly created face
+   * \param onFaceCreated Callback to notify successful creation of the face
+   * \param onConnectFailed Callback to notify errors
+   */
+  void
+  connect(const ethernet::Address& remoteEndpoint,
+          ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
+          const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
+          const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onConnectFailed);
+
+  /**
+   * \brief Start listening
+   *
+   * Enable listening on the local endpoint, waiting for incoming frames,
+   * and creating a face when a frame is received from a new remote host.
+   *
+   * Faces created in this way will have on-demand persistency.
+   *
+   * \param onFaceCreated Callback to notify successful creation of a face
+   * \param onFaceCreationFailed Callback to notify errors
+   * \throw Error
+   */
+  void
+  listen(const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
+         const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onFaceCreationFailed);
+
+private:
+  void
+  asyncRead(const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
+            const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onReceiveFailed);
+
+  void
+  handleRead(const boost::system::error_code& error,
+             const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
+             const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onReceiveFailed);
+
+  void
+  processIncomingPacket(const uint8_t* packet, size_t length,
+                        const ethernet::Address& sender,
+                        const FaceCreatedCallback& onFaceCreated,
+                        const FaceCreationFailedCallback& onReceiveFailed);
+
+  std::pair<bool, shared_ptr<Face>>
+  createFace(const ethernet::Address& remoteEndpoint,
+             ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency);
+
+  void
+  updateFilter();
+
+private:
+  const NetworkInterfaceInfo m_localEndpoint;
+  bool m_isListening;
+  boost::asio::posix::stream_descriptor m_socket;
+  PcapHelper m_pcap;
+  std::map<ethernet::Address, shared_ptr<Face>> m_channelFaces;
+  const time::nanoseconds m_idleFaceTimeout; ///< Timeout for automatic closure of idle on-demand faces
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+  /// number of frames dropped by the kernel, as reported by libpcap
+  size_t m_nDropped;
+#endif
+};
+
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_DAEMON_FACE_ETHERNET_CHANNEL_HPP