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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/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_TOOLS_NFD_STATUS_FORWARDER_GENERAL_MODULE_HPP
+#define NFD_TOOLS_NFD_STATUS_FORWARDER_GENERAL_MODULE_HPP
+
+#include "module.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/validator.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfd_status {
+
+using ndn::nfd::ForwarderStatus;
+
+class NfdIdCollector;
+
+/** \brief provides access to NFD forwarder general status
+ *  \sa https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/ForwarderStatus
+ */
+class ForwarderGeneralModule : public Module, noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  ForwarderGeneralModule();
+
+  virtual void
+  fetchStatus(Controller& controller,
+              const function<void()>& onSuccess,
+              const Controller::CommandFailCallback& onFailure,
+              const CommandOptions& options) override;
+
+  void
+  setNfdIdCollector(const NfdIdCollector& nfdIdCollector)
+  {
+    m_nfdIdCollector = &nfdIdCollector;
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  formatStatusXml(std::ostream& os) const override;
+
+  /** \brief format a single status item as XML
+   *  \param os output stream
+   *  \param item status item
+   *  \param nfdId NFD's signing certificate name
+   */
+  void
+  formatItemXml(std::ostream& os, const ForwarderStatus& item, const Name& nfdId) const;
+
+  virtual void
+  formatStatusText(std::ostream& os) const override;
+
+  /** \brief format a single status item as text
+   *  \param os output stream
+   *  \param item status item
+   *  \param nfdId NFD's signing certificate name
+   */
+  void
+  formatItemText(std::ostream& os, const ForwarderStatus& item, const Name& nfdId) const;
+
+private:
+  const Name&
+  getNfdId() const;
+
+private:
+  const NfdIdCollector* m_nfdIdCollector;
+  ForwarderStatus m_status;
+};
+
+
+/** \brief a validator that can collect NFD's signing certificate name
+ *
+ *  This validator redirects all validation requests to an inner validator.
+ *  For the first Data packet accepted by the inner validator that has a Name in KeyLocator,
+ *  this Name is collected as NFD's signing certificate name.
+ */
+class NfdIdCollector : public ndn::Validator
+{
+public:
+  explicit
+  NfdIdCollector(unique_ptr<ndn::Validator> inner);
+
+  bool
+  hasNfdId() const
+  {
+    return m_hasNfdId;
+  }
+
+  const Name&
+  getNfdId() const;
+
+protected:
+  virtual void
+  checkPolicy(const Interest& interest, int nSteps,
+              const ndn::OnInterestValidated& accept,
+              const ndn::OnInterestValidationFailed& reject,
+              std::vector<shared_ptr<ndn::ValidationRequest>>& nextSteps) override
+  {
+    BOOST_ASSERT(nSteps == 0);
+    m_inner->validate(interest, accept, reject);
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  checkPolicy(const Data& data, int nSteps,
+              const ndn::OnDataValidated& accept,
+              const ndn::OnDataValidationFailed& reject,
+              std::vector<shared_ptr<ndn::ValidationRequest>>& nextSteps) override;
+
+private:
+  unique_ptr<ndn::Validator> m_inner;
+  bool m_hasNfdId;
+  Name m_nfdId;
+};
+
+} // namespace nfd_status
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TOOLS_NFD_STATUS_FORWARDER_GENERAL_MODULE_HPP