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+/*
+ *    Copyright 2006 Intel Corporation
+ * 
+ *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *    limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IP_CONVERGENCE_LAYER_UTILS_H_
+#define _IP_CONVERGENCE_LAYER_UTILS_H_
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <oasys/compat/inttypes.h>
+
+#include "ConvergenceLayer.h"
+
+namespace dtn {
+
+/**
+ * Utility class for shared functionality between ip-based convergence
+ * layers.
+ */
+class IPConvergenceLayerUtils {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Parse a next hop address specification of the form
+     * <host>[:<port>?].
+     *
+     * @return true if the conversion was successful, false
+     */
+    static bool parse_nexthop(const char* logpath, const char* nexthop,
+                              in_addr_t* addr, u_int16_t* port);
+};
+
+} // namespace dtn
+
+#endif /* _IP_CONVERGENCE_LAYER_UTILS_H_ */