+
+/**
+ * Notify Presence subscribers that a resource has been modified.
+ *
+ * @param resourceType Handle to the resourceType linked list of resource that was modified.
+ * @param trigger The simplified reason this API was invoked.
+ *
+ * @return ::OC_STACK_OK on success, some other value upon failure.
+ */
+OCStackResult SendPresenceNotification(OCResourceType *resourceType,
+ OCPresenceTrigger trigger);
+
+/**
+ * Send Stop Notification to Presence subscribers.
+ *
+ * @return ::OC_STACK_OK on success, some other value upon failure.
+ */
+OCStackResult SendStopNotification();
+#endif // WITH_PRESENCE
+
+/**
+ * Function to parse the IPv4 address.
+ *
+ * @param ipAddrStr Pointer to a string of IPv4 address.
+ * @param ipAddr pointer to IPv4 adress.
+ * @param port Port number.
+ *
+ * @return true on success, false upon failure.
+ */
+bool ParseIPv4Address(char * ipAddrStr, uint8_t * ipAddr, uint16_t * port);
+
+/**
+ * Bind a resource interface to a resource.
+ *
+ * @param resource Target resource.
+ * @param resourceInterfaceName Resource interface.
+ *
+ * @return ::OC_STACK_OK on success, some other value upon failure.
+ */
+OCStackResult BindResourceInterfaceToResource(OCResource* resource,
+ const char *resourceInterfaceName);
+/**
+ * Bind a resource type to a resource.
+ *
+ * @param resource Target resource.
+ * @param resourceTypeName Name of resource type.
+ * @return ::OC_STACK_OK on success, some other value upon failure.
+ */
+OCStackResult BindResourceTypeToResource(OCResource* resource,
+ const char *resourceTypeName);
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a CAResult_t type to a OCStackResult type.
+ *
+ * @param caResult CAResult_t value to convert.
+ * @return OCStackResult that was converted from the input CAResult_t value.
+ */
+OCStackResult CAResultToOCResult(CAResult_t caResult);
+
+/**
+ * Get a byte representation of the server instance ID.
+ * The memory is managed internal to this function, so freeing it externally will
+ * result in a runtime error.
+ *
+ * Note: This will NOT seed the RNG, so it must be called after the RNG is seeded.
+ * This is done automatically during the OCInit process,
+ * so ensure that this call is done after that.
+ *
+ * @return A uint8_t representation the server instance ID.
+ */
+const OicUuid_t* OCGetServerInstanceID(void);
+
+/**
+ * Get a string representation the server instance ID.
+ * The memory is managed internal to this function, so freeing externally will result
+ * in a runtime error.
+ * Note: This will NOT seed the RNG, so it must be called after the RNG is seeded.
+ * This is done automatically during the OCInit process,
+ * so ensure that this call is done after that.
+ *
+ * @return A string representation the server instance ID.
+ */
+const char* OCGetServerInstanceIDString(void);
+
+/**
+ * Map OCQualityOfService to CAMessageType.
+ *
+ * @param qos Input qos.
+ *
+ * @return CA message type for a given qos.
+ */
+CAMessageType_t qualityOfServiceToMessageType(OCQualityOfService qos);
+
+#ifdef WITH_PRESENCE
+/**
+ * Enable/disable a resource property.
+ *
+ * @param inputProperty Pointer to resource property.
+ * @param resourceProperties Property to be enabled/disabled.
+ * @param enable 0:disable, 1:enable.
+ *
+ * @return OCStackResult that was converted from the input CAResult_t value.
+ */