diff --git a/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c b/ndn-cpp/encoding/BinaryXMLDecoder.c
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+/* 
+ * Author: Jeff Thompson
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information.
+ */
+
+#include "BinaryXML.h"
+#include "BinaryXMLDecoder.h"
+
+const char *ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_decodeTypeAndValue(struct ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder *self, unsigned int *type, unsigned int *valueOut) {
+  unsigned int value = 0;
+  
+	while (1) {
+    if (self->offset >= self->inputLen)
+      return "ndn_BinaryXMLDecoder_decodeTypeAndVal read past the end of the input";
+    
+		unsigned int octet = (unsigned int)(self->input[self->offset++] & 0xff);
+		
+		if (octet & ndn_BinaryXML_TT_FINAL) {
+      // Finished.
+			*type = octet & ndn_BinaryXML_TT_MASK;
+			value = (value << ndn_BinaryXML_TT_VALUE_BITS) | ((octet >> ndn_BinaryXML_TT_BITS) & ndn_BinaryXML_TT_VALUE_MASK);
+      break;
+		}
+		
+    value = (value << ndn_BinaryXML_REGULAR_VALUE_BITS) | (octet & ndn_BinaryXML_REGULAR_VALUE_MASK);		
+	}
+
+	*valueOut = value;
+  return (const char *)0;
+}