+/*
+ * netlink/object.c Generic Cacheable Object
+ *
+ * This library 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 version 2.1
+ * of the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
+ */
+
+#ifndef NETLINK_OBJECT_H_
+#define NETLINK_OBJECT_H_
+
+#include <netlink/netlink.h>
+#include <netlink/utils.h>
+
+struct nl_cache;
+struct nl_object;
+struct nl_cache_ops;
+
+/* General */
+extern struct nl_object * nl_object_alloc(size_t size);
+extern struct nl_object * nl_object_alloc_from_ops(struct nl_cache_ops *);
+extern struct nl_object * nl_object_alloc_name(const char *);
+extern void nl_object_free(struct nl_object *);
+extern struct nl_object * nl_object_clone(struct nl_object *obj);
+extern void nl_object_get(struct nl_object *);
+extern void nl_object_put(struct nl_object *);
+extern int nl_object_shared(struct nl_object *);
+extern void nl_object_dump(struct nl_object *,
+ struct nl_dump_params *);
+extern int nl_object_match(struct nl_object *,
+ struct nl_object *);
+
+/* Access Functions */
+extern int nl_object_get_refcnt(struct nl_object *);
+extern struct nl_cache_ops * nl_object_get_ops(struct nl_object *);
+extern struct nl_cache * nl_object_get_cache(struct nl_object *);
+extern inline void * nl_object_priv(struct nl_object *);
+
+#endif