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+/*
+     This file is part of GNUnet.
+     Copyright (C) 2009-2013, 2016 GNUnet e.V.
+
+     GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+     by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your
+     option) any later version.
+
+     GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+     WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+     General Public License for more details.
+
+     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+     along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+     Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+
+
+/**
+ * @file credential/credential_serialization.h
+ * @brief API to serialize and deserialize delegation chains 
+ * and credentials
+ * @author Martin Schanzenbach
+ */
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+#include "gnunet_constants.h"
+#include "gnunet_credential_service.h"
+
+/**
+ * Calculate how many bytes we will need to serialize
+ * the given delegation chain and credential
+ *
+ * @param d_count number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dd array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation
+ * @param cd a #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential
+ * @return the required size to serialize
+ */
+size_t
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_get_size (unsigned int d_count,
+                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                             const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd);
+
+/**
+ * Serizalize the given delegation chain entries and credential
+ *
+ * @param d_count number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dd array of #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation
+ * @param cd a #GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential
+ * @param dest_size size of the destination
+ * @param dest where to store the result
+ * @return the size of the data, -1 on failure
+ */
+ssize_t
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_serialize (unsigned int d_count,
+                                              const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                              const struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd,
+                                              size_t dest_size,
+                                              char *dest);
+
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize the given destination
+ *
+ * @param len size of the serialized delegation chain and cred
+ * @param src the serialized data
+ * @param d_count the number of delegation chain entries
+ * @param dd where to put the delegation chain entries
+ * @param cd where to put the credential data
+ * @return #GNUNET_OK on success, #GNUNET_SYSERR on error
+ */
+int
+GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_delegation_chain_deserialize (size_t len,
+                                                const char *src,
+                                                unsigned int d_count,
+                                                struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Delegation *dd,
+                                                struct GNUNET_CREDENTIAL_Credential *cd);
+/* end of credential_serialization.h */