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+/*
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * api_types.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 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.
+ *------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef included_api_types_h
+#define included_api_types_h
+
+#include <vppinfra/types.h>
+
+/* VPP API string type */
+typedef struct
+{
+  u32 length;
+  u8 buf[0];
+} __attribute__ ((packed)) vl_api_string_t;
+
+static inline int
+vl_api_to_api_string (u32 len, const char *buf, vl_api_string_t * str)
+{
+  if (strncpy_s ((char *) str->buf, len, buf, len - 1) != 0)
+    len = 0;
+  str->length = clib_host_to_net_u32 (len);
+  return len + sizeof (u32);
+}
+
+/* Return a C string from API string */
+static inline u8 *
+vl_api_from_api_string (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+  return astr->buf;
+}
+
+static inline u32
+vl_api_string_len (vl_api_string_t * astr)
+{
+  return clib_net_to_host_u32 (astr->length);
+}
+
+#endif