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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD 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 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, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "nfdc/channel-module.hpp"
+
+#include "module-fixture.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfdc {
+namespace tests {
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Nfdc)
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(TestChannelModule, ModuleFixture<ChannelModule>)
+
+const std::string STATUS_XML = stripXmlSpaces(R"XML(
+  <channels>
+    <channel>
+      <localUri>tcp4://192.0.2.1:6363</localUri>
+    </channel>
+    <channel>
+      <localUri>ws://[::]:9696/NFD</localUri>
+    </channel>
+  </channels>
+)XML");
+
+const std::string STATUS_TEXT = std::string(R"TEXT(
+Channels:
+  tcp4://192.0.2.1:6363
+  ws://[::]:9696/NFD
+)TEXT").substr(1);
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Status)
+{
+  this->fetchStatus();
+  ChannelStatus payload1;
+  payload1.setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:6363");
+  ChannelStatus payload2;
+  payload2.setLocalUri("ws://[::]:9696/NFD");
+  this->sendDataset("/localhost/nfd/faces/channels", payload1, payload2);
+  this->prepareStatusOutput();
+
+  BOOST_CHECK(statusXml.is_equal(STATUS_XML));
+  BOOST_CHECK(statusText.is_equal(STATUS_TEXT));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // TestChannelModule
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // Nfdc
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfdc
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd