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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "rib-update.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace rib {
+
+RibUpdate::RibUpdate()
+{
+
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const RibUpdate::Action action)
+{
+  switch (action) {
+  case RibUpdate::REGISTER:
+    os << "REGISTER";
+    break;
+  case RibUpdate::UNREGISTER:
+    os << "UNREGISTER";
+    break;
+  case RibUpdate::REMOVE_FACE:
+    os << "REMOVE_FACE";
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return os;
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const RibUpdate& update)
+{
+  os << "RibUpdate {\n";
+  os << "  Name: " << update.getName() << "\n";
+  os << "  Action: " << update.getAction() << "\n";
+  os << "  " << update.getRoute() << "\n";
+  os << "}";
+
+  return os;
+}
+
+
+} // namespace rib
+} // namespace nfd