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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BINARYXMLELEMENTREADER_HPP
+#define	NDN_BINARYXMLELEMENTREADER_HPP
+
+#include "../c/encoding/binary-xml-element-reader.h"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * An ElementListener extends an ndn_ElementListener struct to proved an abstract virtual onReceivedElement function which wraps
+ * the onReceivedElement used by the ndn_ElementListener struct.  You must extend this class to override onReceivedElement.
+ */
+class ElementListener : public ndn_ElementListener {
+public:
+  ElementListener() 
+  {
+    ndn_ElementListener_init(this, staticOnReceivedElement);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * This is called when an entire binary XML element is received.  You must extend this class to override this method.
+   * @param element pointer to the binary XML element.  This buffer is only valid during this call.  If you need the data
+   * later, you must copy.
+   * @param elementLength length of element
+   */
+  virtual void onReceivedElement(unsigned char *element, unsigned int elementLength) = 0;
+  
+private:
+  /**
+   * Call the virtual method onReceivedElement. This is used to initialize the base ndn_ElementListener struct.
+   * @param self
+   * @param element
+   * @param elementLength
+   */
+  static void staticOnReceivedElement(struct ndn_ElementListener *self, unsigned char *element, unsigned int elementLength);
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif