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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_KEY_HPP
+#define	NDN_KEY_HPP
+
+#include <vector>
+#include "c/key.h"
+
+namespace ndn {
+  
+class KeyLocator {
+public:
+  KeyLocator()
+  {
+    type_ = (ndn_KeyLocatorType)-1;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Set the keyLocatorStruct to point to the values in this key locator, without copying any memory.
+   * WARNING: The resulting pointers in keyLocatorStruct are invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
+   * @param keyLocatorStruct a C ndn_KeyLocator struct where the name components array is already allocated.
+   */
+  void get(struct ndn_KeyLocator &keyLocatorStruct) const;
+  
+  /**
+   * Clear this key locator, and set the values by copying from the ndn_KeyLocator struct.
+   * @param keyLocatorStruct a C ndn_KeyLocator struct
+   */
+  void set(const struct ndn_KeyLocator &keyLocatorStruct);
+
+  ndn_KeyLocatorType getType() const { return type_; }
+  
+  const std::vector<unsigned char> getKeyOrCertificate() const { return keyOrCertificate_; }
+
+  // TODO: Implement keyName.
+
+private:
+  ndn_KeyLocatorType type_;
+  std::vector<unsigned char> keyOrCertificate_; /**< used if type_ is ndn_KeyLocatorType_KEY or ndn_KeyLocatorType_CERTIFICATE */
+  // TODO: Implement keyName.
+};
+  
+}
+
+#endif