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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_NDN_REALLOC_H
+#define	NDN_NDN_REALLOC_H
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Wrap the C stdlib realloc to convert to/from void * to unsigned char *.
+ * This can be used by ndn_DynamicUCharArray_init.
+ * @param array the allocated array buffer to realloc
+ * @param length the length for the new array buffer
+ * @return the new allocated array buffer
+ */
+unsigned char *ndn_realloc(unsigned char *array, unsigned int length);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif