In common.h, define func_lib for function objects.  In configure.ac, define HAVE_STD_FUNCTION and HAVE_BOOST_FUNCTION.  Include function headers in ndnboost.
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+
+// Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Lorenzo Caminiti
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0
+// (see accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or a copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+// Home at http://www.boost.org/libs/functional/overloaded_function
+
+#ifndef DOXYGEN // Doxygen documentation only.
+
+#if !BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING
+#   ifndef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_HPP_
+#       define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_HPP_
+
+#       include <ndnboost/functional/overloaded_function/detail/base.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/functional/overloaded_function/detail/function_type.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/functional/overloaded_function/config.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/typeof/typeof.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/iteration/iterate.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/repetition/enum.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/repetition/repeat.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/control/expr_iif.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/control/expr_if.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/comparison/greater.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/comparison/less.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/arithmetic/add.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/arithmetic/sub.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/tuple/eat.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/logical/and.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/logical/not.hpp>
+#       include <ndnboost/preprocessor/facilities/expand.hpp>
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_PP_CAT(F, n)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_PP_CAT(f, n)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam(z, n, unused) \
+    typename BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type(z, n, ~) \
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam_dflt(z, n, is_tspec) \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam(z, n, ~) \
+    /* overload requires at least 2 functors so F0 and F1 not optional */ \
+    BOOST_PP_EXPR_IIF(BOOST_PP_AND(BOOST_PP_NOT(is_tspec), \
+            BOOST_PP_GREATER(n, 1)), \
+        = void \
+    )
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg_decl(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type(z, n, ~) /* no qualifier to deduce tparam */ \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg(z, n, ~)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_type(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_PP_CAT(G, n)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_PP_CAT(g, n)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_tparam(z, n, unused) \
+    typename BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_type(z, n, ~)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg_decl(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_type(z, n, ~) /* no qualifier to deduce tparam */ \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg(z, n, ~)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base(z, n, unused) \
+    ::ndnboost::overloaded_function_detail::base< \
+        BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type(z, n, ~) \
+    >
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_inherit(z, n, unused) \
+    public BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base(z, n, ~)
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base_init(z, n, unused) \
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base(z, n, ~)(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg(z, n, ~))
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_using_operator_call(z, n, unused) \
+    using BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base(z, n, ~)::operator();
+
+#define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_function_type(z, n, unused) \
+    typename ::ndnboost::overloaded_function_detail::function_type< \
+        BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type(z, n, ~) \
+    >::type
+
+#       define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_PARAMS_1 \
+            /* at least 2 func to overload so start from 2 to MAX */ \
+            /* (cannot iterate [0, MAX-2) because error on Sun) */ \
+            (3, (2, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX, \
+            "ndnboost/functional/overloaded_function.hpp"))
+#       include BOOST_PP_ITERATE() // Iterate over function arity.
+
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg_decl
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam_dflt
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_type
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_tparam
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg_decl
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_inherit
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base_init
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_using_operator_call
+#undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_function_type
+
+#   endif // #include guard
+
+#elif BOOST_PP_ITERATION_DEPTH() == 1
+#   define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads \
+        /* iterate as OVERLOADS, OVERLOADS-1, OVERLOADS-2, ... */ \
+        /* (add 2 because iteration started from 2 to MAX) */ \
+        BOOST_PP_ADD(2, BOOST_PP_SUB( \
+                BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX, \
+                BOOST_PP_FRAME_ITERATION(1)))
+#   define BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec \
+        /* if template specialization */ \
+        BOOST_PP_LESS(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, \
+                BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX)
+
+// For type-of emulation: This must be included at this pp iteration level.
+#   include BOOST_TYPEOF_INCREMENT_REGISTRATION_GROUP()
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+template<
+    BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam_dflt,
+            BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec)
+>
+class overloaded_function
+    // Template specialization.
+    BOOST_PP_EXPR_IIF(BOOST_PP_EXPAND(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec), <)
+    BOOST_PP_IIF(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec,
+        BOOST_PP_ENUM
+    ,
+        BOOST_PP_TUPLE_EAT(3)
+    )(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_type, ~)
+    BOOST_PP_EXPR_IIF(BOOST_PP_EXPAND(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec), >)
+    // Bases (overloads >= 2 so always at least 2 bases).
+    : BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads,
+            BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_inherit, ~)
+{
+public:
+    template<
+        BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_tparam, ~)
+    > /* implicit */ inline overloaded_function(
+            BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads,
+                    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_g_arg_decl, ~))
+            // Overloads >= 2 so always at least 2 bases to initialize.
+            : BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads,
+                    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_base_init, ~)
+    {}
+
+    BOOST_PP_REPEAT(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, 
+            BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_using_operator_call, ~)
+};
+
+template<
+    BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_tparam, ~)
+>
+overloaded_function<
+    BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_function_type, ~)
+> make_overloaded_function(
+    BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg_decl, ~)
+) {
+    return overloaded_function<
+        BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads,
+                BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_function_type, ~)
+    >(BOOST_PP_ENUM(BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads, BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_f_arg, ~));
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+// For type-of emulation: Register overloaded function type (for _AUTO, etc).
+BOOST_TYPEOF_REGISTER_TEMPLATE(ndnboost::overloaded_function,
+    BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads)
+
+#   undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_overloads
+#   undef BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_is_tspec
+#endif // iteration
+
+// DOCUMENTATION //
+
+#else // DOXYGEN
+
+/** @file
+@brief Overload distinct function pointers, function references, and
+monomorphic function objects into a single function object.
+*/
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+
+/**
+@brief Function object to overload functions with distinct signatures.
+
+This function object aggregates together calls to functions of all the
+specified function types <c>F1</c>, <c>F2</c>, etc which must have distinct
+function signatures from one another.
+
+@Params
+@Param{F<em>i</em>,
+Each function type must be specified using the following syntax (which is
+Boost.Function's preferred syntax):
+@code
+    result_type (argument1_type\, argumgnet2_type\, ...)
+@endcode
+}
+@EndParams
+
+In some cases, the @RefFunc{make_overloaded_function} function template can be
+useful to construct an overloaded function object without explicitly
+specifying the function types.
+
+At least two distinct function types must be specified (because there is
+nothing to overload between one or zero functions).
+The maximum number of functions to overload is given by the
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX}
+configuration macro.
+The maximum number of function parameters for each of the specified function
+types is given by the
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_ARITY_MAX}
+configuration macro.
+
+@See @RefSect{tutorial, Tutorial} section, @RefFunc{make_overloaded_function},
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX},
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_ARITY_MAX},
+Boost.Function.
+*/
+template<typename F1, typename F2, ...>
+class overloaded_function {
+public:
+    /**
+    @brief Construct the overloaded function object.
+
+    Any function pointer, function reference, and monomorphic function object
+    that can be converted to a <c>ndnboost::function</c> function object can be
+    specified as parameter.
+
+    @Note Unfortunately, it is not possible to support polymorphic function
+    objects (as explained <a
+    href="http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2012/03/191744.php">here</a>).
+    */
+    overloaded_function(const ndnboost::function<F1>&,
+            const ndnboost::function<F2>&, ...);
+
+    /**
+    @brief Call operator matching the signature of the function type specified
+    as 1st template parameter.
+
+    This will in turn invoke the call operator of the 1st function passed to
+    the constructor.
+    */
+    typename ndnboost::function_traits<F1>::result_type operator()(
+            typename ndnboost::function_traits<F1>::arg1_type,
+            typename ndnboost::function_traits<F1>::arg2_type,
+            ...) const;
+
+    /**
+    @brief Call operator matching the signature of the function type specified
+    as 2nd template parameter.
+
+    This will in turn invoke the call operator of the 2nd function passed to
+    the constructor.
+
+    @Note Similar call operators are present for all specified function types
+    <c>F1</c>, <c>F2</c>, etc (even if not exhaustively listed by this
+    documentation).
+    */
+    typename ndnboost::function_traits<F2>::result_type operator()(
+            typename ndnboost::function_traits<F2>::arg1_type,
+            typename ndnboost::function_traits<F2>::arg2_type,
+            ...) const;
+};
+
+/**
+@brief Make an overloaded function object without explicitly specifying the
+function types.
+
+This function template creates and returns an @RefClass{overloaded_function}
+object that overloads all the specified functions <c>f1</c>, <c>f2</c>, etc.
+
+The function types are internally determined from the template parameter types
+so they do not need to be explicitly specified.
+Therefore, this function template usually has a more concise syntax when
+compared with @RefClass{overloaded_function}.
+This is especially useful when the explicit type of the returned
+@RefClass{overloaded_function} object does not need to be known (e.g., when
+used with Boost.Typeof's <c>BOOST_AUTO</c>, C++11 <c>auto</c>, or when the
+overloaded function object is handled using a function template parameter, see
+the @RefSect{tutorial, Tutorial} section).
+
+The maximum number of functions to overload is given by the
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX}
+configuration macro.
+
+@Note In this documentation, <c>__function_type__</c> is a placeholder for a
+symbol that is specific to the implementation of this library.
+
+@See @RefSect{tutorial, Tutorial} section, @RefClass{overloaded_function},
+@RefMacro{BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX}.
+*/
+template<typename F1, typename F2, ...>
+overloaded_function<
+    __function_type__<F1>, __function_type__<F2>, ...
+> make_overloaded_function(F1 f1, F2 f2, ...);
+
+} // namespace
+
+#endif // DOXYGEN
+