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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014  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
+ *
+ * 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_NFD_MGMT_VALIDATION_COMMON_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_NFD_MGMT_VALIDATION_COMMON_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+#include <ndn-cpp-dev/util/command-interest-generator.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+// class ValidatedManagementFixture
+// {
+// public:
+//   ValidatedManagementFixture()
+//     : m_validator(make_shared<ndn::CommandInterestValidator>())
+//   {
+//   }
+
+//   virtual
+//   ~ValidatedManagementFixture()
+//   {
+//   }
+
+// protected:
+//   shared_ptr<ndn::CommandInterestValidator> m_validator;
+// };
+
+/// a global fixture that holds the identity for CommandFixture
+class CommandIdentityGlobalFixture
+{
+public:
+  CommandIdentityGlobalFixture();
+
+  ~CommandIdentityGlobalFixture();
+
+  static const Name& getIdentityName()
+  {
+    return s_identityName;
+  }
+
+  static shared_ptr<ndn::IdentityCertificate> getCertificate()
+  {
+    BOOST_ASSERT(static_cast<bool>(s_certificate));
+    return s_certificate;
+  }
+
+private:
+  ndn::KeyChain m_keys;
+  static const Name s_identityName;
+  static shared_ptr<ndn::IdentityCertificate> s_certificate;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+class CommandFixture : public T
+{
+public:
+  virtual
+  ~CommandFixture()
+  {
+  }
+
+  void
+  generateCommand(Interest& interest)
+  {
+    m_generator.generateWithIdentity(interest, getIdentityName());
+  }
+
+  const Name&
+  getIdentityName() const
+  {
+    return CommandIdentityGlobalFixture::getIdentityName();
+  }
+
+protected:
+  CommandFixture()
+    : m_certificate(CommandIdentityGlobalFixture::getCertificate())
+  {
+  }
+
+protected:
+  shared_ptr<ndn::IdentityCertificate> m_certificate;
+  ndn::CommandInterestGenerator m_generator;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class UnauthorizedCommandFixture : public CommandFixture<T>
+{
+public:
+  UnauthorizedCommandFixture()
+  {
+  }
+
+  virtual
+  ~UnauthorizedCommandFixture()
+  {
+  }
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_NFD_MGMT_VALIDATION_COMMON_HPP