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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file metis_EtherListener.h
+ * @brief Listen for raw ethernet frames on an interface
+ *
+ * <#Detailed Description#>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef Metis_metis_EtherListener_h
+#define Metis_metis_EtherListener_h
+
+#include <ccnx/forwarder/metis/io/metis_GenericEther.h>
+
+struct metis_listener_ether;
+typedef struct metis_listener_ether MetisListenerEther;
+
+/**
+ * @function metisListenerEther_Create
+ * @abstract Create a L2 listener on a raw ethertype
+ * @discussion
+ * Requires root, will send/receive ethernet frames on the specified device.
+ * The exact mechanism varies by system.
+ *
+ * @param deviceName is the system name of the interface (e.g. "en0")
+ * @return <#return#>
+ */
+MetisListenerOps *metisEtherListener_Create(MetisForwarder *metis, const char *deviceName, uint16_t ethertype);
+
+/**
+ * Return the underlying GenericEther of the listener
+ *
+ * The MetisGenericEther wraps the platform-specific IO operations of the ethernet connection.
+ * Will assert if the listenerOps is not of type METIS_ENCAP_ETHER.
+ *
+ * @param [<#in out in,out#>] <#name#> <#description#>
+ *
+ * @retval non-null The underlying generic ethernet
+ * @retval null An error
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * @code
+ * {
+ * MetisListenerSet *listenerSet = metisForwarder_GetListenerSet(metis);
+ * MetisListenerOps *listenerOps = metisListenerSet_Find(listenerSet, METIS_ENCAP_ETHER, linkAddress);
+ * if (listenerOps) {
+ * MetisGenericEther *ether = metisEtherListener_GetGenericEtherFromListener(listenerOps);
+ * }
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ */
+MetisGenericEther *metisEtherListener_GetGenericEtherFromListener(MetisListenerOps *listenerOps);
+#endif // Metis_metis_EtherListener_h