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+++ b/src/policies/DIF/RA/AddressComparator/PrefixMatch/PrefixMatch.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//
+// 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/.
+// 
+
+#include "PrefixMatch.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+
+Define_Module(PrefixMatch);
+
+void PrefixMatch::onPolicyInit()
+{
+    any = par("any").stdstringValue();
+    std::string del = par("delimiter").stdstringValue();
+    if(del.length() > 0 && del.at(0)!= ' '){
+        delimiter = del.at(0);
+    } else {
+        delimiter = '.';
+    }
+
+    thisIPCAddrParsed = split(thisIPCAddr.getIpcAddress().getName(), delimiter);
+}
+
+bool PrefixMatch::matchesThisIPC(const Address& addr)
+{
+    if(addr == thisIPCAddr){
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<std::string> addrParsed  = split(addr.getIpcAddress().getName(), delimiter);
+
+    std::vector<std::string>::iterator itS = addrParsed.begin();
+    std::vector<std::string>::iterator itM = thisIPCAddrParsed.begin();
+
+    while(itS != addrParsed.end() && itM != thisIPCAddrParsed.end()){
+        if(*itS == any){
+            return true;
+        } else if(*itS != *itM){
+            return false;
+        }
+        itS++;
+        itM++;
+    }
+
+    return (itS == addrParsed.end() && itM == thisIPCAddrParsed.end());
+}