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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ *                     Alexander Afanasyev
+ *                     Zhenkai Zhu
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Zhenkai Zhu <zhenkai@cs.ucla.edu>
+ *         Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_BLOB_H
+#define NDN_BLOB_H
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstddef>
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Class representing a general-use binary blob
+ */
+class Blob : public std::vector<char>
+{
+public:
+  /**
+   * @brief Creates an empty blob
+   */
+  Blob ()
+  {
+  }
+
+  Blob (const void *buf, size_t length)
+    : std::vector<char> (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf), reinterpret_cast<const char*> (buf) + length)
+  {
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * @brief Get pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
+   */
+  inline char*
+  buf ()
+  {
+    return &front ();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Get const pointer to the first byte of the binary blob
+   */
+  inline const char*
+  buf () const
+  {
+    return &front ();
+  }
+};
+
+} // ndn
+
+#endif // NDN_BLOB_H