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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  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_TRANSPORT_PROPERTIES_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_TRANSPORT_PROPERTIES_HPP
+
+#include "face/transport.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+namespace tests {
+
+/** \brief check a transport has all its static properties set after initialization
+ *
+ *  This check shall be inserted to the StaticProperties test case for each transport,
+ *  in addition to checking the values of properties.
+ *  When a new static property is defined, this test case shall be updated.
+ *  Thus, if a transport forgets to set a static property, this check would fail.
+ */
+inline void
+checkStaticPropertiesInitialized(const Transport& transport)
+{
+  BOOST_CHECK(!transport.getLocalUri().getScheme().empty());
+  BOOST_CHECK(!transport.getRemoteUri().getScheme().empty());
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(transport.getScope(), ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_NONE);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(transport.getPersistency(), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_NONE);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(transport.getLinkType(), ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_NONE);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(transport.getMtu(), MTU_INVALID);
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_TRANSPORT_PROPERTIES_HPP