+/**
+ * @brief
+ * create/attach a midchain delegate and stack it on the prefix passed
+ * @param ai - the index of the adjacency to stack
+ * @param fib_index - The FIB index of the prefix on which to stack
+ * @param pfx - The prefix on which to stack
+ */
+extern void adj_midchain_delegate_stack(adj_index_t ai,
+ u32 fib_index,
+ const fib_prefix_t *pfx);
+
+/**
+ * @brief restack a midchain delegate
+ */
+extern void adj_midchain_delegate_restack(adj_index_t ai);
+
+/**
+ * @brief unstack a midchain delegate (this stacks it on a drop)
+ */
+extern void adj_midchain_delegate_unstack(adj_index_t ai);
+