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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_PUBLISHERPUBLICKEYDIGEST_HPP
+#define NDN_PUBLISHERPUBLICKEYDIGEST_HPP
+
+#include <vector>
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include "util/blob.hpp"
+
+struct ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest;
+
+namespace ndn {
+  
+/**
+ * A PublisherPublicKeyDigest holds the publisher public key digest value, if any.
+ * We make a separate class since this is used by multiple other classes.
+ */
+class PublisherPublicKeyDigest {
+public:    
+  PublisherPublicKeyDigest() {
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Set the publisherPublicKeyDigestStruct to point to the entries in this PublisherPublicKeyDigest, without copying any memory.
+   * WARNING: The resulting pointers in publisherPublicKeyDigestStruct are invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
+   * @param publisherPublicKeyDigestStruct a C ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest struct to receive the pointer
+   */
+  void 
+  get(struct ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest& publisherPublicKeyDigestStruct) const;
+  
+  /**
+   * Clear this PublisherPublicKeyDigest, and copy from the ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest struct.
+   * @param excludeStruct a C ndn_Exclude struct
+   */
+  void 
+  set(const struct ndn_PublisherPublicKeyDigest& publisherPublicKeyDigestStruct);
+
+  const Blob& 
+  getPublisherPublicKeyDigest() const { return publisherPublicKeyDigest_; }
+
+  void 
+  setPublisherPublicKeyDigest(const std::vector<uint8_t>& publisherPublicKeyDigest) 
+  { 
+    publisherPublicKeyDigest_ = publisherPublicKeyDigest; 
+  }
+  
+  void 
+  setPublisherPublicKeyDigest(const uint8_t *publisherPublicKeyDigest, size_t publisherPublicKeyDigestLength) 
+  { 
+    publisherPublicKeyDigest_ = Blob(publisherPublicKeyDigest, publisherPublicKeyDigestLength); 
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the publisher public key digest to point to an existing byte array.  IMPORTANT: After calling this,
+   * if you keep a pointer to the array then you must treat the array as immutable and promise not to change it.
+   * @param signature A pointer to a vector with the byte array.  This takes another reference and does not copy the bytes.
+   */
+  void 
+  setPublisherPublicKeyDigest(const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> > &publisherPublicKeyDigest) 
+  { 
+    publisherPublicKeyDigest_ = publisherPublicKeyDigest; 
+  }
+
+  void 
+  setPublisherPublicKeyDigest(const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const std::vector<uint8_t> > &publisherPublicKeyDigest) 
+  { 
+    publisherPublicKeyDigest_ = publisherPublicKeyDigest; 
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Clear the publisherPublicKeyDigest.
+   */
+  void 
+  clear()
+  {
+    publisherPublicKeyDigest_.reset();
+  }
+
+private:
+  Blob publisherPublicKeyDigest_;
+};
+  
+}
+
+#endif