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+/*************************************************************************
+*
+* Copyright 2020 highstreet technologies GmbH and others
+*
+* 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.
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define NC_ENABLED_SSH
+#include <libyang/libyang.h>
+#include <libnetconf2/session.h>
+#include <libnetconf2/session_client.h>
+#include <sysrepo.h>
+
+// void nc_client_init(void); --imported from libnetconf2, must be called on app init
+// void nc_client_destroy(void); --imported from libnetconf2, must be called on app deinit
+
+typedef struct {
+ struct nc_session *session;
+ struct lyd_node *edit_batch_root;
+
+ char *password;
+} nc_client_t;
+
+nc_client_t *nc_client_ssh_connect(const char *host, uint16_t port, const char *username, const char *password);
+int nc_client_disconnect(nc_client_t *client);
+
+struct lyd_node *nc_client_send_rpc(nc_client_t *client, struct lyd_node *data, int timeout);
+
+struct lyd_node *nc_client_get_batch(nc_client_t *client, const char *xpath, int timeout);
+int nc_client_edit_batch(nc_client_t *client, struct lyd_node *data, int timeout);
+
+int nc_client_set_item_str(nc_client_t *client, const char *xpath, const char *value);
+int nc_client_edit_apply_changes(nc_client_t *client, int timeout);
+
+int lyd_utils_dup(sr_session_ctx_t *session, const char *xpath_s, const char *xpath_d, struct lyd_node **tree);