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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  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/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_SYSTEM_FIXTURE_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_SYSTEM_FIXTURE_HPP
+
+#include "face/face-system.hpp"
+#include "fw/face-table.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+namespace tests {
+
+using namespace nfd::tests;
+
+class FaceSystemFixture : public BaseFixture
+{
+public:
+  FaceSystemFixture()
+    : faceSystem(faceTable)
+  {
+    faceSystem.setConfigFile(configFile);
+  }
+
+  void
+  parseConfig(const std::string& text, bool isDryRun)
+  {
+    configFile.parse(text, isDryRun, "test-config");
+  }
+
+  /** \brief get ProtocolFactory from FaceSystem
+   *  \tparam F ProtocolFactory subclass
+   *
+   *  If ProtocolFactory with \p scheme does not exist or has an incompatible type,
+   *  this fails the test case.
+   */
+  template<typename F>
+  F&
+  getFactoryById(const std::string& id)
+  {
+    F* factory = dynamic_cast<F*>(faceSystem.getFactoryById(id));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(factory != nullptr);
+    return *factory;
+  }
+
+  /** \brief get ProtocolFactory from FaceSystem
+   *  \tparam F ProtocolFactory subclass
+   *
+   *  If ProtocolFactory with \p scheme does not exist or has an incompatible type,
+   *  this fails the test case.
+   */
+  template<typename F>
+  F&
+  getFactoryByScheme(const std::string& scheme)
+  {
+    F* factory = dynamic_cast<F*>(faceSystem.getFactoryByScheme(scheme));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(factory != nullptr);
+    return *factory;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  ConfigFile configFile;
+  FaceTable faceTable;
+  FaceSystem faceSystem;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_SYSTEM_FIXTURE_HPP