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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ * @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_SIGNED_BLOB_HPP
+#define	NDN_SIGNED_BLOB_HPP
+
+#include "blob.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * A SignedBlob extends Blob to keep the offsets of a signed portion (e.g., the bytes of Data packet).
+ */
+class SignedBlob : public Blob {
+public:
+  /**
+   * Create a new SignedBlob with a null pointer.
+   */
+  SignedBlob()
+  : signedPortionBeginOffset_(0), signedPortionEndOffset_(0)
+  {  
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Create a new SignedBlob with an immutable copy of the given array.
+   * @param value A pointer to the byte array which is copied.
+   * @param valueLength The length of value.
+   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
+   */
+  SignedBlob
+    (const uint8_t* value, size_t valueLength, size_t signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t signedPortionEndOffset)
+  : Blob(value, valueLength), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+  {
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Create a new SignedBlob with an immutable copy of the array in the given vector.
+   * If you want to transfer the array without copying, the the vector has to start as a 
+   * ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> > and you can use the SignedBlob constructor with this type.
+   * @param value A reference to a vector which is copied.
+   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the encoding of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the encoding of the end of the signed portion.
+   */
+  SignedBlob
+    (const std::vector<uint8_t> &value, size_t signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t signedPortionEndOffset)
+  : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+  {
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Create a new SignedBlob to point to an existing byte array.  IMPORTANT: After calling this constructor,
+   * if you keep a pointer to the array then you must treat the array as immutable and promise not to change it.
+   * @param value A pointer to a vector with the byte array.  This takes another reference and does not copy the bytes.
+   * @param signedPortionBeginOffset The offset in the array of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   * @param signedPortionEndOffset The offset in the array of the end of the signed portion.
+   */
+  SignedBlob
+    (const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<std::vector<uint8_t> > &value, 
+     size_t signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t signedPortionEndOffset)
+  : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+  {
+  }
+  SignedBlob
+    (const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<const std::vector<uint8_t> > &value, 
+     size_t signedPortionBeginOffset, size_t signedPortionEndOffset)
+  : Blob(value), signedPortionBeginOffset_(signedPortionBeginOffset), signedPortionEndOffset_(signedPortionEndOffset)
+  {
+  }
+    
+  /**
+   * Return the length of the signed portion of the immutable byte array, or 0 of the pointer to the array is null.
+   */
+  size_t 
+  signedSize() const
+  {
+    if (*this)
+      return signedPortionEndOffset_ - signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+    else
+      return 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a const pointer to the first byte of the signed portion of the immutable byte array, or 0 if the 
+   * pointer to the array is null.
+   */
+  const uint8_t*
+  signedBuf() const
+  {
+    if (*this)
+      return &(*this)->front() + signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+    else
+      return 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the offset in the array of the beginning of the signed portion.
+   */  
+  size_t 
+  getSignedPortionBeginOffset() { return signedPortionBeginOffset_; }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the offset in the array of the end of the signed portion.
+   */  
+  size_t 
+  getSignedPortionEndOffset() { return signedPortionEndOffset_; }
+  
+private:
+  size_t signedPortionBeginOffset_;
+  size_t signedPortionEndOffset_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif