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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_SEC_POLICY_SELF_VERIFY_HPP
+#define NDN_SEC_POLICY_SELF_VERIFY_HPP
+
+#include "sec-policy.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * A SecPolicySelfVerify implements a PolicyManager to use the public key DER in the data packet's KeyLocator (if available)
+ * or look in the IdentityStorage for the public key with the name in the KeyLocator (if available) and use
+ * it to verify the data packet, without searching a certificate chain.  If the public key can't be found, the
+ * verification fails.
+ */
+class SecPolicySelfVerify : public SecPolicy {
+public:
+  /**
+   * Create a new SecPolicySelfVerify which will look up the public key in the given identityManager.
+   * @param identityManager (optional) The IdentityManager for looking up the public key.  This points to an object must which remain 
+   * valid during the life of this SecPolicySelfVerify.  If omitted, then don't look for a public key with the name 
+   * in the KeyLocator and rely on the KeyLocator having the full public key DER.
+   */
+  SecPolicySelfVerify()
+  {
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * The virtual destructor.
+   */
+  virtual
+  ~SecPolicySelfVerify();
+
+  /**
+   * Never skip verification.
+   * @param data The received data packet.
+   * @return false.
+   */
+  virtual bool 
+  skipVerifyAndTrust(const Data& data);
+
+  /**
+   * Always return true to use the self-verification rule for the received data.
+   * @param data The received data packet.
+   * @return true.
+   */
+  virtual bool
+  requireVerify(const Data& data);
+
+  /**
+   * Use the public key DER in the data packet's KeyLocator (if available) or look in the IdentityStorage for the 
+   * public key with the name in the KeyLocator (if available) and use it to verify the data packet.  If the public key can't 
+   * be found, call onVerifyFailed.
+   * @param data The Data object with the signature to check.
+   * @param stepCount The number of verification steps that have been done, used to track the verification progress.
+   * (stepCount is ignored.)
+   * @param onVerified If the signature is verified, this calls onVerified(data).
+   * @param onVerifyFailed If the signature check fails or can't find the public key, this calls onVerifyFailed(data).
+   * @return null for no further step for looking up a certificate chain.
+   */
+  virtual ptr_lib::shared_ptr<ValidationRequest>
+  checkVerificationPolicy
+    (const ptr_lib::shared_ptr<Data>& data, int stepCount, const OnVerified& onVerified, const OnVerifyFailed& onVerifyFailed);
+    
+  /**
+   * Override to always indicate that the signing certificate name and data name satisfy the signing policy.
+   * @param dataName The name of data to be signed.
+   * @param certificateName The name of signing certificate.
+   * @return true to indicate that the signing certificate can be used to sign the data.
+   */
+  virtual bool 
+  checkSigningPolicy(const Name& dataName, const Name& certificateName);
+    
+  /**
+   * Override to indicate that the signing identity cannot be inferred.
+   * @param dataName The name of data to be signed.
+   * @return An empty name because cannot infer. 
+   */
+  virtual Name 
+  inferSigningIdentity(const Name& dataName);
+  
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif