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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "../ndn-cpp/interest.hpp"
+#include "../ndn-cpp/data.hpp"
+#include "../ndn-cpp/forwarding-entry.hpp"
+#include "../ndn-cpp/security/key-chain.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ndn;
+
+unsigned char Interest1[] = {
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+0xf9, 0x74, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0xf4, 0x36, 0x1b, 0xab, 0xf5, 0xbb, 0x05, 0xa4, 0xe5, 0x5a, 0xac, 0xa5, 0xe5, 0x8f, 0x73,
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+0xaa, 0x27, 0x6d, 0xb1, 0x22, 0xb8, 0x34, 0x04, 0xe5, 0x95, 0xa8, 0xa3, 0xca, 0xea, 0xf0, 0x96, 0x30, 0x27, 0x66,
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+0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0xd2, 0x8e, 0x31, 0x00, 0x00,
+1
+};
+
+static inline string toString(const vector<unsigned char> &v)
+{
+  return string(&v[0], &v[0] + v.size());
+}
+
+static void dumpForwardingEntry(const ForwardingEntry &forwardingEntry) 
+{
+  cout << "action: " << forwardingEntry.getAction() << endl;
+  cout << "prefix: " << forwardingEntry.getPrefix().to_uri() << endl;
+  cout << "publisherPublicKeyDigest: " 
+       << (forwardingEntry.getPublisherPublicKeyDigest().getPublisherPublicKeyDigest().size() > 0 ? toHex(forwardingEntry.getPublisherPublicKeyDigest().getPublisherPublicKeyDigest()) : "<none>") << endl;
+  cout << "faceId: ";
+  if (forwardingEntry.getFaceId() >= 0)
+    cout << forwardingEntry.getFaceId() << endl;
+  else
+    cout << "<none>" << endl;
+  cout << "forwardingFlags: ";
+  if (forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags() >= 0)
+    cout << forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags() << endl;
+  else
+    cout << "<none>" << endl;
+  cout << "freshnessSeconds: ";
+  if (forwardingEntry.getFreshnessSeconds() >= 0)
+    cout << forwardingEntry.getFreshnessSeconds() << endl;
+  else
+    cout << "<none>" << endl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Show the interest name and scope, and expect the name to have 4 components where the last component is a data packet 
+ * whose content is a forwarding entry.
+ */
+static void dumpInterestWithForwardingEntry(const Interest &interest)
+{
+  if (interest.getName().getComponentCount() != 4) {
+    cout << "Error: expected the interest name to have 4 components.  Got: " << interest.getName().to_uri() << endl;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  cout << "scope: ";
+  if (interest.getScope() >= 0)
+    cout << interest.getScope() << endl;
+  else
+    cout << "<none>" << endl;
+  cout << "name[0]: " << toString(interest.getName().getComponent(0).getValue()) << endl;
+  cout << "name[1]: " << toHex(interest.getName().getComponent(1).getValue()) << endl;
+  cout << "name[2]: " << toString(interest.getName().getComponent(2).getValue()) << endl;
+  cout << "name[3] decoded as Data, showing content as ForwardingEntry: " << endl;
+  
+  Data data;
+  data.wireDecode(interest.getName().getComponent(3).getValue());
+  
+  ForwardingEntry forwardingEntry;
+  forwardingEntry.wireDecode(data.getContent());
+  dumpForwardingEntry(forwardingEntry);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  try {
+    Interest interest;
+    interest.wireDecode(Interest1, sizeof(Interest1));
+    cout << "Interest:" << endl;
+    dumpInterestWithForwardingEntry(interest);
+    
+    ptr_lib::shared_ptr<vector<unsigned char> > encoding = interest.wireEncode();
+    cout << endl << "Re-encoded interest " << toHex(*encoding) << endl;
+
+    Interest reDecodedInterest;
+    reDecodedInterest.wireDecode(*encoding);
+    cout << "Re-decoded Interest:" << endl;
+    dumpInterestWithForwardingEntry(reDecodedInterest);
+  } catch (exception &e) {
+    cout << "exception: " << e.what() << endl;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}