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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 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 object.h
+ * \brief API object representation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HICNCTRL_OBJECT_H
+#define HICNCTRL_OBJECT_H
+
+#include <hicn/ctrl/object_type.h>
+#include <hicn/ctrl/objects.h>
+
+typedef union {
+  hc_connection_t connection;
+  hc_listener_t listener;
+  hc_route_t route;
+  hc_face_t face;
+  // hc_data_t *data;
+  hc_punting_t punting;
+  hc_stats_t stats;
+  hc_face_stats_t face_stats;
+  hc_strategy_t strategy;
+  hc_policy_t policy;
+  hc_subscription_t subscription;
+  hc_cache_t cache;
+  hc_mapme_t mapme;
+  hc_active_interface_t active_interface;
+  uint8_t as_uint8;
+} hc_object_t;
+
+#define MAXSZ_OBJECT_T MAX
+
+#define IS_VALID_ACTION(x) IS_VALID_ENUM_TYPE(ACTION, x)
+
+bool hc_object_is_empty(const hc_object_t *object);
+
+size_t hc_object_size(hc_object_type_t object_type);
+
+int hc_object_validate(hc_object_type_t object_type, hc_object_t *object,
+                       bool allow_partial);
+int hc_object_cmp(hc_object_type_t object_type, hc_object_t *object1,
+                  hc_object_t *object2);
+int hc_object_snprintf(char *s, size_t size, hc_object_type_t object_type,
+                       hc_object_t *object);
+
+#define foreach_object(VAR, data) foreach_type(hc_object_t, VAR, data)
+
+#define foreach_type(TYPE, VAR, DATA)                         \
+  for (TYPE *VAR = (TYPE *)hc_data_get_buffer(DATA);          \
+       VAR < (TYPE *)(hc_data_get_buffer(DATA) +              \
+                      hc_data_get_size(DATA) * sizeof(TYPE)); \
+       VAR++)
+
+#endif /* HICNCTRL_OBJECT_H */