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+//
+// Copyright Š 2014 - 2015 PRISTINE Consortium (http://ict-pristine.eu)
+// 
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+// This program 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+// 
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+// 
+
+#ifndef ADDRESSCOMPARATORBASE_H_
+#define ADDRESSCOMPARATORBASE_H_
+
+#include <omnetpp.h>
+#include "ExternConsts.h"
+#include "Address.h"
+
+/**
+ * Noop base class for the RA address comparator policy
+ * The policy decides whether this IPC accepts given address.
+ */
+class AddressComparatorBase : public cSimpleModule
+{
+  public:
+    virtual bool matchesThisIPC(const Address& addr);
+
+  protected:
+    /**
+     * A hook method invoked after the initial setup of policy module.
+     */
+    virtual void onPolicyInit();
+
+    /**
+     * This IPC address.
+     */
+    Address thisIPCAddr;
+
+  private:
+    /**
+     *  Module initialization routine setting up some parameters for GUI.
+     *  Inherited policies should be using onPolicyInit() instead.
+     */
+    void initialize();
+};
+
+#endif /* ADDRESSCOMPARATORBASE_H_ */