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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, Regents of the University of California,
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD Control Center.  See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD
+ * authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD Control Center is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD Control Center is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NFD
+ * Control Center, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "config.hpp"
+#include "tray-menu.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/face.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/interest.hpp>
+
+
+#ifdef OSX_BUILD
+#define CONNECT_ICON ":/resources/icon-connected-black.png"
+#define DISCONNECT_ICON ":/resources/icon-disconnected-black.png"
+#else
+#define CONNECT_ICON ":/resources/icon-connected-white.png"
+#define DISCONNECT_ICON ":/resources/icon-disconnected-white.png"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef WAF
+#include "tray-menu.moc"
+// #include "tray-menu.cpp.moc"
+#endif
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+TrayMenu::TrayMenu()
+{
+  menu = new QMenu(this);
+  pref = new QAction("Preferences...", menu);
+  quit = new QAction("Quit", menu);
+
+  // connect(start, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(startNfd()));
+  // connect(stop, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(stopNfd()));
+  connect(pref, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SIGNAL(showApp()));
+  connect(quit, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(quitApp()));
+
+  connect(this, SIGNAL(nfdActivityUpdate(bool)), this, SLOT(updateNfdActivityIcon(bool)));
+
+  // menu->addAction(start);
+  // menu->addAction(stop);
+  menu->addAction(pref);
+  menu->addAction(quit);
+  tray = new QSystemTrayIcon(this);
+  tray->setContextMenu(menu);
+  connect(tray, SIGNAL(activated(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason)),
+          this, SLOT(iconActivated(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason)));
+  tray->setIcon(QIcon(DISCONNECT_ICON));
+  tray->show();
+}
+
+TrayMenu::~TrayMenu()
+{
+}
+
+Q_INVOKABLE void
+TrayMenu::checkNfdRunning()
+{
+  // Face face;
+  // Interest interest("/localhost/nfd/status");
+  // face.expressInterest(interest, 0, 0);
+  // try {
+  //   face.processEvents();
+  //   tray->setIcon(QIcon(CONNECT_ICON));
+  // } catch (Tlv::Error) {
+  //   tray->setIcon(QIcon(DISCONNECT_ICON));
+  // }
+}
+
+Q_INVOKABLE void
+TrayMenu::autoConfig()
+{
+  std::cout << "auto config" <<std::endl;
+  QProcess* proc = new QProcess();
+  connect(proc,SIGNAL(finished(int)), proc, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+  proc->start(NFD_AUTOCONFIG_COMMAND);
+}
+
+void
+TrayMenu::quitApp()
+{
+  QCoreApplication::exit(0);
+}
+
+void
+TrayMenu::iconActivated(QSystemTrayIcon::ActivationReason reason)
+{
+  switch (reason) {
+  // case QSystemTrayIcon::Trigger:
+  //   emit showApp();
+  //   break;
+  case QSystemTrayIcon::Context:
+    break;
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+void
+TrayMenu::startNfd()
+{
+  QProcess * proc = new QProcess();
+  connect(proc,SIGNAL(finished(int)), proc, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+#ifdef __linux__
+  proc->start("gksudo", QStringList() << NFD_START_COMMAND);
+#else
+  proc->start("osascript", QStringList()
+              << "-e"
+              << "do shell script \"" NFD_START_COMMAND "\" with administrator privileges");
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+TrayMenu::stopNfd()
+{
+  QProcess * proc = new QProcess();
+  connect(proc,SIGNAL(finished(int)), proc, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+#ifdef __linux__
+  proc->start("gksudo", QStringList() << NFD_STOP_COMMAND);
+#else
+  proc->start("osascript", QStringList()
+              << "-e"
+              << "do shell script \"" NFD_STOP_COMMAND "\" with administrator privileges");
+#endif
+}
+
+void
+TrayMenu::updateNfdActivityIcon(bool isActive)
+{
+  if (isActive) {
+    tray->setIcon(QIcon(CONNECT_ICON));
+  }
+  else {
+    tray->setIcon(QIcon(DISCONNECT_ICON));
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace ndn