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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Qiuhan Ding <qiuhanding@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include "conf.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/encoding/buffer-stream.hpp>
+
+namespace chronochat{
+namespace tests {
+
+using std::string;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestConf)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EncodeDecode)
+{
+  string nick("qiuhan");
+  Name identity("/ndn/edu/ucla/qiuhan");
+  Conf conf;
+  conf.setIdentity(identity);
+  conf.setNick(nick);
+
+  Block confWire;
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(confWire = conf.wireEncode());
+  Conf decodedConf;
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(decodedConf.wireDecode(confWire));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(decodedConf.getNick(), nick);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(decodedConf.getIdentity(), identity);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace chronochat