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 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
  * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
  * @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
  * @author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
  * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
  */

 #ifndef NDN_NAME_HPP
 #define NDN_NAME_HPP

 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sstream>
 #include "util/blob.hpp"

 struct ndn_NameComponent;
 struct ndn_Name;

 namespace ndn {

 class Name {
 public:
   /**
    * A Name::Component is holds a read-only name component value.
    */
   class Component {
   public:
     /**
      * Create a new Name::Component with a null value.
      */
     Component()
     {
     }

     /**
      * Create a new Name::Component, copying the given value.
      * @param value The value byte array.
      */
     Component(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
     : value_(value)
     {
     }

     /**
      * Create a new Name::Component, copying the given value.
      * @param value Pointer to the value byte array.
      * @param valueLen Length of value.
      */
     Component(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLen)
     : value_(value, valueLen)
     {
     }

     /**
      * Create a new Name::Component, taking another pointer to the Blob value.
      * @param value A blob with a pointer to an immutable array.  The pointer is copied.
      */
     Component(const Blob &value)
     : value_(value)
     {
     }

     /**
      * Set the componentStruct to point to this component, without copying any memory.
      * WARNING: The resulting pointer in componentStruct is invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
      * @param componentStruct The C ndn_NameComponent struct to receive the pointer.
      */
     void
     get(struct ndn_NameComponent& componentStruct) const;

     const Blob&
     getValue() const { return value_; }

     /**
      * Write this component value to result, escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
      * This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
      * @param value the buffer with the value to escape
      * @param result the string stream to write to.
      */
     void
     toEscapedString(std::ostringstream& result) const
     {
       Name::toEscapedString(*value_, result);
     }

     /**
      * Convert this component value by escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
      * This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
      * @return The escaped string.
      */
     std::string
     toEscapedString() const
     {
       return Name::toEscapedString(*value_);
     }

     /**
      * Interpret this name component as a network-ordered number and return an integer.
      * @return The integer number.
      */
     uint64_t
     toNumber() const;

     /**
      * Interpret this name component as a network-ordered number with a marker and return an integer.
      * @param marker The required first byte of the component.
      * @return The integer number.
      * @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component does not equal the marker.
      */
     uint64_t
     toNumberWithMarker(uint8_t marker) const;

     /**
      * Interpret this name component as a segment number according to NDN name conventions (a network-ordered number
      * where the first byte is the marker 0x00).
      * @return The integer segment number.
      * @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component is not the expected marker.
      */
     uint64_t
     toSegment() const
     {
       return toNumberWithMarker(0x00);
     }

     /**
      * @deprecated Use toSegment.
      */
     uint64_t
     toSeqNum() const
     {
       return toSegment();
     }

     /**
      * Interpret this name component as a version number according to NDN name conventions (a network-ordered number
      * where the first byte is the marker 0xFD).  Note that this returns the exact number from the component
      * without converting it to a time representation.
      * @return The integer segment number.
      * @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component is not the expected marker.
      */
     uint64_t
     toVersion() const
     {
       return toNumberWithMarker(0xFD);
     }

     /**
      * Create a component whose value is the network-ordered encoding of the number.
      * Note: if the number is zero, the result is empty.
      * @param number The number to be encoded.
      * @return The component value.
      */
     static Component
     fromNumber(uint64_t number);

     /**
      * Create a component whose value is the marker appended with the network-ordered encoding of the number.
      * Note: if the number is zero, no bytes are used for the number - the result will have only the marker.
      * @param number The number to be encoded.
      * @param marker The marker to use as the first byte of the component.
      * @return The component value.
      */
     static Component
     fromNumberWithMarker(uint64_t number, uint8_t marker);

   private:
     Blob value_;
   };

   /**
    * Create a new Name with no components.
    */
   Name() {
   }

   /**
    * Create a new Name, copying the name components.
    * @param components A vector of Component
    */
   Name(const std::vector<Component>& components)
   : components_(components)
   {
   }

   /**
    * Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and create the name with the components.
    * @param uri The URI string.
    */
   Name(const char* uri)
   {
     set(uri);
   }

   /**
    * Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and create the name with the components.
    * @param uri The URI string.
    */
   Name(const std::string& uri)
   {
     set(uri.c_str());
   }

   /**
    * Set the nameStruct to point to the components in this name, without copying any memory.
    * WARNING: The resulting pointers in nameStruct are invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
    * @param nameStruct A C ndn_Name struct where the components array is already allocated.
    */
   void
   get(struct ndn_Name& nameStruct) const;

   /**
    * Clear this name, and set the components by copying from the name struct.
    * @param nameStruct A C ndn_Name struct
    */
   void
   set(const struct ndn_Name& nameStruct);

   /**
    * Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and set the name with the components.
    * @param uri The URI string.
    */
   void
   set(const char *uri);

   /**
    * Append a new component, copying from value of length valueLength.
    * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
    */
   Name&
   append(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
   {
     components_.push_back(Component(value, valueLength));
     return *this;
   }

   /**
    * Append a new component, copying from value.
    * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
    */
   Name&
   append(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
   {
     components_.push_back(value);
     return *this;
   }

   Name&
   append(const Blob &value)
   {
     components_.push_back(value);
     return *this;
   }

   Name&
   append(const Component &value)
   {
     components_.push_back(value);
     return *this;
   }

   /**
    * Append the components of the given name to this name.
    * @param name The Name with components to append.
    * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
    */
   Name&
   append(const Name& name);

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   appendComponent(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
   {
     return append(value, valueLength);
   }

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   appendComponent(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
   {
     return append(value);
   }

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   appendComponent(const Blob &value)
   {
     return append(value);
   }

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   addComponent(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
   {
     return append(value, valueLength);
   }

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   addComponent(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
   {
     return append(value);
   }

   /**
    * @deprecated Use append.
    */
   Name&
   addComponent(const Blob &value)
   {
     return append(value);
   }

   /**
    * Clear all the components.
    */
   void
   clear() {
     components_.clear();
   }

   /**
    * Get the number of components.
    * @return The number of components.
    */
   size_t
   getComponentCount() const {
     return components_.size();
   }

   /**
    * Get the component at the given index.
    * @param i The index of the component, starting from 0.
    * @return The name component at the index.
    */
   const Component&
   getComponent(size_t i) const { return components_[i]; }

   /**
    * Get a new name, constructed as a subset of components.
    * @param iStartComponent The index if the first component to get.
    * @param nComponents The number of components starting at iStartComponent.
    * @return A new name.
    */
   Name
   getSubName(size_t iStartComponent, size_t nComponents) const;

   /**
    * Get a new name, constructed as a subset of components starting at iStartComponent until the end of the name.
    * @param iStartComponent The index if the first component to get.
    * @return A new name.
    */
   Name
   getSubName(size_t iStartComponent) const;

   /**
    * Return a new Name with the first nComponents components of this Name.
    * @param nComponents The number of prefix components.
    * @return A new Name.
    */
   Name
   getPrefix(size_t nComponents) const
   {
     return getSubName(0, nComponents);
   }

   /**
    * Encode this name as a URI.
    * @return The encoded URI.
    */
   std::string
   toUri() const;

   /**
    * @deprecated Use toUri().
    */
   std::string
   to_uri() const
   {
     return toUri();
   }

   /**
    * Append a component with the encoded segment number.
    * @param segment The segment number.
    * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
    */
   Name&
   appendSegment(uint64_t segment)
   {
     components_.push_back(Component::fromNumberWithMarker(segment, 0x00));
     return *this;
   }

   /**
    * Append a component with the encoded version number.
    * Note that this encodes the exact value of version without converting from a time representation.
    * @param version The version number.
    * @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
    */
   Name&
   appendVersion(uint64_t version)
   {
     components_.push_back(Component::fromNumberWithMarker(version, 0xFD));
     return *this;
   }

   /**
    * Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
    * @param name The Name to check.
    * @return true if the names are equal, otherwise false.
    */
   bool
   equals(const Name& name) const;

   /**
    * Check if the N components of this name are the same as the first N components of the given name.
    * @param name The Name to check.
    * @return true if this matches the given name, otherwise false.  This always returns true if this name is empty.
    */
   bool
   match(const Name& name) const;

   /**
    * Make a Blob value by decoding the escapedString between beginOffset and endOffset according to the NDN URI Scheme.
    * If the escaped string is "", "." or ".." then return a Blob with a null pointer, which means this component value was not changed, and
    * the component should be skipped in a URI name.
    * @param escapedString The escaped string.  It does not need to be null-terminated because we only scan to endOffset.
    * @param beginOffset The offset in escapedString of the beginning of the portion to decode.
    * @param endOffset The offset in escapedString of the end of the portion to decode.
    * @return The Blob value. If the escapedString is not a valid escaped component, then the Blob is a null pointer.
    */
   static Blob
   fromEscapedString(const char *escapedString, size_t beginOffset, size_t endOffset);

   /**
    * Make a Blob value by decoding the escapedString according to the NDN URI Scheme.
    * If the escaped string is "", "." or ".." then return a Blob with a null pointer, which means this component value was not changed, and
    * the component should be skipped in a URI name.
    * @param escapedString The null-terminated escaped string.
    * @return The Blob value. If the escapedString is not a valid escaped component, then the Blob is a null pointer.
    */
   static Blob
   fromEscapedString(const char *escapedString);

   /**
    * Write the value to result, escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
    * This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
    * @param value the buffer with the value to escape
    * @param result the string stream to write to.
    */
   static void
   toEscapedString(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value, std::ostringstream& result);

   /**
    * Convert the value by escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
    * This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
    * @param value the buffer with the value to escape
    * @return The escaped string.
    */
   static std::string
   toEscapedString(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value);

   //
   // vector equivalent interface.
   //

   /**
    * Get the number of components.
    * @return The number of components.
    */
   size_t
   size() const {
     return getComponentCount();
   }

   /**
    * Get the component at the given index.
    * @param i The index of the component, starting from 0.
    * @return The name component at the index.
    */
   const Component&
   get(size_t i) const { return getComponent(i); }


   const Component&
   operator [] (int i) const
   {
     return get(i);
   }

   /**
    * Append the component
    * @param component The component of type T.
    */
   template<class T> void
   push_back(const T &component)
   {
     append(component);
   }

   /**
    * Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
    * @param name The Name to check.
    * @return true if the names are equal, otherwise false.
    */
   bool
   operator == (const Name &name) const { return equals(name); }

   /**
    * Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
    * @param name The Name to check.
    * @return true if the names are not equal, otherwise false.
    */
   bool
   operator != (const Name &name) const { return !equals(name); }

   //
   // Iterator interface to name components.
   //
   typedef std::vector<Component>::iterator iterator;
   typedef std::vector<Component>::const_iterator const_iterator;
   typedef std::vector<Component>::reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;
   typedef std::vector<Component>::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
   typedef std::vector<Component>::reference reference;
   typedef std::vector<Component>::const_reference const_reference;

   typedef Component partial_type;

   /**
    * Begin iterator (const).
    */
   const_iterator
   begin() const { return components_.begin(); }

   /**
    * Begin iterator.
    */
   iterator
   begin() { return components_.begin(); }

   /**
    * End iterator (const).
    */
   const_iterator
   end() const { return components_.end(); }

   /**
    * End iterator.
    */
   iterator
   end() { return components_.end(); }

   /**
    * Reverse begin iterator (const).
    */
   const_reverse_iterator
   rbegin() const { return components_.rbegin(); }

   /**
    * Reverse begin iterator.
    */
   reverse_iterator
   rbegin() { return components_.rbegin(); }

   /**
    * Reverse end iterator (const).
    */
   const_reverse_iterator
   rend() const { return components_.rend(); }

   /**
    * Reverse end iterator.
    */
   reverse_iterator
   rend() { return components_.rend(); }

 private:
   std::vector<Component> components_;
 };

 inline std::ostream&
 operator << (std::ostream& os, const Name& name)
 {
   os << name.toUri();
   return os;
 }

 }

 #endif
	/* -- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -- */
	/**
	* Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
	* @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
	* @author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
	* @author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
	* See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
	*/

	#ifndef NDN_NAME_HPP
	#define NDN_NAME_HPP

	#include <vector>
	#include <string>
	#include <string.h>
	#include <sstream>
	#include "util/blob.hpp"

	struct ndn_NameComponent;
	struct ndn_Name;

	namespace ndn {

	class Name {
	public:
	/**
	* A Name::Component is holds a read-only name component value.
	*/
	class Component {
	public:
	/**
	* Create a new Name::Component with a null value.
	*/
	Component()
	{
	}

	/**
	* Create a new Name::Component, copying the given value.
	* @param value The value byte array.
	*/
	Component(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
	: value_(value)
	{
	}

	/**
	* Create a new Name::Component, copying the given value.
	* @param value Pointer to the value byte array.
	* @param valueLen Length of value.
	*/
	Component(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLen)
	: value_(value, valueLen)
	{
	}

	/**
	* Create a new Name::Component, taking another pointer to the Blob value.
	* @param value A blob with a pointer to an immutable array. The pointer is copied.
	*/
	Component(const Blob &value)
	: value_(value)
	{
	}

	/**
	* Set the componentStruct to point to this component, without copying any memory.
	* WARNING: The resulting pointer in componentStruct is invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
	* @param componentStruct The C ndn_NameComponent struct to receive the pointer.
	*/
	void
	get(struct ndn_NameComponent& componentStruct) const;

	const Blob&
	getValue() const { return value_; }

	/**
	* Write this component value to result, escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
	* @param value the buffer with the value to escape
	* @param result the string stream to write to.
	*/
	void
	toEscapedString(std::ostringstream& result) const
	{
	Name::toEscapedString(*value_, result);
	}

	/**
	* Convert this component value by escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
	* @return The escaped string.
	*/
	std::string
	toEscapedString() const
	{
	return Name::toEscapedString(*value_);
	}

	/**
	* Interpret this name component as a network-ordered number and return an integer.
	* @return The integer number.
	*/
	uint64_t
	toNumber() const;

	/**
	* Interpret this name component as a network-ordered number with a marker and return an integer.
	* @param marker The required first byte of the component.
	* @return The integer number.
	* @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component does not equal the marker.
	*/
	uint64_t
	toNumberWithMarker(uint8_t marker) const;

	/**
	* Interpret this name component as a segment number according to NDN name conventions (a network-ordered number
	* where the first byte is the marker 0x00).
	* @return The integer segment number.
	* @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component is not the expected marker.
	*/
	uint64_t
	toSegment() const
	{
	return toNumberWithMarker(0x00);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use toSegment.
	*/
	uint64_t
	toSeqNum() const
	{
	return toSegment();
	}

	/**
	* Interpret this name component as a version number according to NDN name conventions (a network-ordered number
	* where the first byte is the marker 0xFD). Note that this returns the exact number from the component
	* without converting it to a time representation.
	* @return The integer segment number.
	* @throw runtime_error If the first byte of the component is not the expected marker.
	*/
	uint64_t
	toVersion() const
	{
	return toNumberWithMarker(0xFD);
	}

	/**
	* Create a component whose value is the network-ordered encoding of the number.
	* Note: if the number is zero, the result is empty.
	* @param number The number to be encoded.
	* @return The component value.
	*/
	static Component
	fromNumber(uint64_t number);

	/**
	* Create a component whose value is the marker appended with the network-ordered encoding of the number.
	* Note: if the number is zero, no bytes are used for the number - the result will have only the marker.
	* @param number The number to be encoded.
	* @param marker The marker to use as the first byte of the component.
	* @return The component value.
	*/
	static Component
	fromNumberWithMarker(uint64_t number, uint8_t marker);

	private:
	Blob value_;
	};

	/**
	* Create a new Name with no components.
	*/
	Name() {
	}

	/**
	* Create a new Name, copying the name components.
	* @param components A vector of Component
	*/
	Name(const std::vector<Component>& components)
	: components_(components)
	{
	}

	/**
	* Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and create the name with the components.
	* @param uri The URI string.
	*/
	Name(const char* uri)
	{
	set(uri);
	}

	/**
	* Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and create the name with the components.
	* @param uri The URI string.
	*/
	Name(const std::string& uri)
	{
	set(uri.c_str());
	}

	/**
	* Set the nameStruct to point to the components in this name, without copying any memory.
	* WARNING: The resulting pointers in nameStruct are invalid after a further use of this object which could reallocate memory.
	* @param nameStruct A C ndn_Name struct where the components array is already allocated.
	*/
	void
	get(struct ndn_Name& nameStruct) const;

	/**
	* Clear this name, and set the components by copying from the name struct.
	* @param nameStruct A C ndn_Name struct
	*/
	void
	set(const struct ndn_Name& nameStruct);

	/**
	* Parse the uri according to the NDN URI Scheme and set the name with the components.
	* @param uri The URI string.
	*/
	void
	set(const char *uri);

	/**
	* Append a new component, copying from value of length valueLength.
	* @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
	*/
	Name&
	append(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
	{
	components_.push_back(Component(value, valueLength));
	return *this;
	}

	/**
	* Append a new component, copying from value.
	* @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
	*/
	Name&
	append(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
	{
	components_.push_back(value);
	return *this;
	}

	Name&
	append(const Blob &value)
	{
	components_.push_back(value);
	return *this;
	}

	Name&
	append(const Component &value)
	{
	components_.push_back(value);
	return *this;
	}

	/**
	* Append the components of the given name to this name.
	* @param name The Name with components to append.
	* @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
	*/
	Name&
	append(const Name& name);

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	appendComponent(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
	{
	return append(value, valueLength);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	appendComponent(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
	{
	return append(value);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	appendComponent(const Blob &value)
	{
	return append(value);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	addComponent(const uint8_t *value, size_t valueLength)
	{
	return append(value, valueLength);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	addComponent(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value)
	{
	return append(value);
	}

	/**
	* @deprecated Use append.
	*/
	Name&
	addComponent(const Blob &value)
	{
	return append(value);
	}

	/**
	* Clear all the components.
	*/
	void
	clear() {
	components_.clear();
	}

	/**
	* Get the number of components.
	* @return The number of components.
	*/
	size_t
	getComponentCount() const {
	return components_.size();
	}

	/**
	* Get the component at the given index.
	* @param i The index of the component, starting from 0.
	* @return The name component at the index.
	*/
	const Component&
	getComponent(size_t i) const { return components_[i]; }

	/**
	* Get a new name, constructed as a subset of components.
	* @param iStartComponent The index if the first component to get.
	* @param nComponents The number of components starting at iStartComponent.
	* @return A new name.
	*/
	Name
	getSubName(size_t iStartComponent, size_t nComponents) const;

	/**
	* Get a new name, constructed as a subset of components starting at iStartComponent until the end of the name.
	* @param iStartComponent The index if the first component to get.
	* @return A new name.
	*/
	Name
	getSubName(size_t iStartComponent) const;

	/**
	* Return a new Name with the first nComponents components of this Name.
	* @param nComponents The number of prefix components.
	* @return A new Name.
	*/
	Name
	getPrefix(size_t nComponents) const
	{
	return getSubName(0, nComponents);
	}

	/**
	* Encode this name as a URI.
	* @return The encoded URI.
	*/
	std::string
	toUri() const;

	/**
	* @deprecated Use toUri().
	*/
	std::string
	to_uri() const
	{
	return toUri();
	}

	/**
	* Append a component with the encoded segment number.
	* @param segment The segment number.
	* @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
	*/
	Name&
	appendSegment(uint64_t segment)
	{
	components_.push_back(Component::fromNumberWithMarker(segment, 0x00));
	return *this;
	}

	/**
	* Append a component with the encoded version number.
	* Note that this encodes the exact value of version without converting from a time representation.
	* @param version The version number.
	* @return This name so that you can chain calls to append.
	*/
	Name&
	appendVersion(uint64_t version)
	{
	components_.push_back(Component::fromNumberWithMarker(version, 0xFD));
	return *this;
	}

	/**
	* Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
	* @param name The Name to check.
	* @return true if the names are equal, otherwise false.
	*/
	bool
	equals(const Name& name) const;

	/**
	* Check if the N components of this name are the same as the first N components of the given name.
	* @param name The Name to check.
	* @return true if this matches the given name, otherwise false. This always returns true if this name is empty.
	*/
	bool
	match(const Name& name) const;

	/**
	* Make a Blob value by decoding the escapedString between beginOffset and endOffset according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* If the escaped string is "", "." or ".." then return a Blob with a null pointer, which means this component value was not changed, and
	* the component should be skipped in a URI name.
	* @param escapedString The escaped string. It does not need to be null-terminated because we only scan to endOffset.
	* @param beginOffset The offset in escapedString of the beginning of the portion to decode.
	* @param endOffset The offset in escapedString of the end of the portion to decode.
	* @return The Blob value. If the escapedString is not a valid escaped component, then the Blob is a null pointer.
	*/
	static Blob
	fromEscapedString(const char *escapedString, size_t beginOffset, size_t endOffset);

	/**
	* Make a Blob value by decoding the escapedString according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* If the escaped string is "", "." or ".." then return a Blob with a null pointer, which means this component value was not changed, and
	* the component should be skipped in a URI name.
	* @param escapedString The null-terminated escaped string.
	* @return The Blob value. If the escapedString is not a valid escaped component, then the Blob is a null pointer.
	*/
	static Blob
	fromEscapedString(const char *escapedString);

	/**
	* Write the value to result, escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
	* @param value the buffer with the value to escape
	* @param result the string stream to write to.
	*/
	static void
	toEscapedString(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value, std::ostringstream& result);

	/**
	* Convert the value by escaping characters according to the NDN URI Scheme.
	* This also adds "..." to a value with zero or more ".".
	* @param value the buffer with the value to escape
	* @return The escaped string.
	*/
	static std::string
	toEscapedString(const std::vector<uint8_t>& value);

	//
	// vector equivalent interface.
	//

	/**
	* Get the number of components.
	* @return The number of components.
	*/
	size_t
	size() const {
	return getComponentCount();
	}

	/**
	* Get the component at the given index.
	* @param i The index of the component, starting from 0.
	* @return The name component at the index.
	*/
	const Component&
	get(size_t i) const { return getComponent(i); }


	const Component&
	operator [] (int i) const
	{
	return get(i);
	}

	/**
	* Append the component
	* @param component The component of type T.
	*/
	template<class T> void
	push_back(const T &component)
	{
	append(component);
	}

	/**
	* Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
	* @param name The Name to check.
	* @return true if the names are equal, otherwise false.
	*/
	bool
	operator == (const Name &name) const { return equals(name); }

	/**
	* Check if this name has the same component count and components as the given name.
	* @param name The Name to check.
	* @return true if the names are not equal, otherwise false.
	*/
	bool
	operator != (const Name &name) const { return !equals(name); }

	//
	// Iterator interface to name components.
	//
	typedef std::vector<Component>::iterator iterator;
	typedef std::vector<Component>::const_iterator const_iterator;
	typedef std::vector<Component>::reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;
	typedef std::vector<Component>::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
	typedef std::vector<Component>::reference reference;
	typedef std::vector<Component>::const_reference const_reference;

	typedef Component partial_type;

	/**
	* Begin iterator (const).
	*/
	const_iterator
	begin() const { return components_.begin(); }

	/**
	* Begin iterator.
	*/
	iterator
	begin() { return components_.begin(); }

	/**
	* End iterator (const).
	*/
	const_iterator
	end() const { return components_.end(); }

	/**
	* End iterator.
	*/
	iterator
	end() { return components_.end(); }

	/**
	* Reverse begin iterator (const).
	*/
	const_reverse_iterator
	rbegin() const { return components_.rbegin(); }

	/**
	* Reverse begin iterator.
	*/
	reverse_iterator
	rbegin() { return components_.rbegin(); }

	/**
	* Reverse end iterator (const).
	*/
	const_reverse_iterator
	rend() const { return components_.rend(); }

	/**
	* Reverse end iterator.
	*/
	reverse_iterator
	rend() { return components_.rend(); }

	private:
	std::vector<Component> components_;
	};

	inline std::ostream&
	operator << (std::ostream& os, const Name& name)
	{
	os << name.toUri();
	return os;
	}

	}

	#endif