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+#ifndef ATTRIBUTE_LIST_H
+#define ATTRIBUTE_LIST_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include "attribute.h"
+#include "type-id.h"
+
+namespace ns3 {
+
+/**
+ * \brief a container of attributes to be used during object's construction
+ *        and in ns3::Object::Set.
+ *
+ */
+class AttributeList
+{
+public:
+  AttributeList ();
+  AttributeList (const AttributeList &o);
+  AttributeList &operator = (const AttributeList &o);
+  ~AttributeList ();
+  /**
+   * \param name the full name of the attribute to set
+   * \param value the value to set
+   *
+   * This method checks that a attribute with the requested
+   * name exists and that the value specified is an acceptable
+   * value of that attribute. If any of these checks fails,
+   * the program terminates with a message.
+   */
+  void Set (std::string name, Attribute value);
+  /**
+   * \param name the full name of the attribute to set
+   * \param value the value to set
+   * \returns true if the requested attribute exists and could be
+   *          stored, false otherwise.
+   */
+  bool SetFailSafe (std::string name, Attribute value);
+  /**
+   * \param tid the TypeId associated to this attribute
+   * \param name the name (not full!) of the attribute
+   * \param value the value to set
+   *
+   * This method checks that a attribute with the requested
+   * name exists and that the value specified is an acceptable
+   * value of that attribute. If any of these checks fails,
+   * the program terminates with a message.
+   */
+  void SetWithTid (TypeId tid, std::string name, Attribute value);
+
+  /**
+   * Clear the content of this instance.
+   */
+  void Reset (void);
+
+  /**
+   * \returns the global attribute container
+   *
+   * The global attribute container can be used to specify
+   * a set of attribute values without having to re-specify
+   * them for each object when it is created. This container
+   * is checked only during object construction and 
+   * it is always checked last, after any per-object
+   * container is checked.
+   */
+  static AttributeList *GetGlobal (void);
+
+  // XXX: untested.
+  std::string SerializeToString (void) const;
+  bool DeserializeFromString (std::string value);
+private:
+  friend class Object;
+  struct Attr {
+    Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker;
+    Attribute value;
+  };
+  typedef std::vector<struct Attr> Attrs;
+  typedef Attrs::iterator Iterator;
+  typedef Attrs::const_iterator CIterator;
+
+
+
+  bool DoSet (struct TypeId::AttributeInfo *info, Attribute param);
+  void DoSetOne (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker, Attribute param);
+  std::string LookupAttributeFullNameByChecker (Ptr<const AttributeChecker> checker) const;
+
+  Attrs m_attributes;
+};
+
+} // namespace ns3
+
+#endif /* ATTRIBUTE_LIST_H */