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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 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_vft.h
+ * \brief Object VFT.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HICNCTRL_OBJECT_VFT
+#define HICNCTRL_OBJECT_VFT
+
+#include <stddef.h>  // size_t
+#include <hicn/ctrl/object_type.h>
+#include <hicn/ctrl/object.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+  hc_object_type_t object_type;
+  const char *object_name;
+  size_t size;
+  int (*validate)(const hc_object_t *object, bool allow_partial);
+  int (*cmp)(const hc_object_t *object1, const hc_object_t *object2);
+  /* cannot be named snprintf as it collides with a macro in clang/iOS */
+  int (*obj_snprintf)(char *s, size_t size, const hc_object_t *object);
+} hc_object_ops_t;
+
+#define DECLARE_OBJECT_OPS_H(TYPE, NAME) \
+  extern const hc_object_ops_t hc_##NAME##_ops;
+
+#define DECLARE_OBJECT_OPS(TYPE, NAME)       \
+  const hc_object_ops_t hc_##NAME##_ops = {  \
+      .object_type = TYPE,                   \
+      .object_name = #NAME,                  \
+      .size = sizeof(hc_##NAME##_t),         \
+      .validate = _hc_##NAME##_validate,     \
+      .cmp = _hc_##NAME##_cmp,               \
+      .obj_snprintf = _hc_##NAME##_snprintf, \
+  };
+
+extern const hc_object_ops_t *object_vft[];
+
+#endif /* HICNCTRL_OBJECT_VFT */