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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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "mgmt/manager-base.hpp"
+#include "manager-common-fixture.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/key-chain.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-control-command.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+NFD_LOG_INIT("ManagerBaseTest");
+
+class TestCommandVoidParameters : public ndn::nfd::ControlCommand
+{
+public:
+  TestCommandVoidParameters()
+    : ndn::nfd::ControlCommand("test-module", "test-void-parameters")
+  {
+  }
+};
+
+class TestCommandRequireName : public ndn::nfd::ControlCommand
+{
+public:
+  TestCommandRequireName()
+    : ndn::nfd::ControlCommand("test-module", "test-require-name")
+  {
+    m_requestValidator.required(ndn::nfd::CONTROL_PARAMETER_NAME);
+  }
+};
+
+class ManagerBaseFixture : public ManagerCommonFixture
+{
+public:
+  ManagerBaseFixture()
+    : m_manager(m_dispatcher, m_validator, "test-module")
+  {
+  }
+
+protected:
+  ManagerBase m_manager;
+};
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(MgmtManagerBase, ManagerBaseFixture)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(AddSupportedPrivilegeInConstructor)
+{
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(m_validator.addSupportedPrivilege("other-module"));
+  // test-module has already been added by the constructor of ManagerBase
+  BOOST_CHECK_THROW(m_validator.addSupportedPrivilege("test-module"), CommandValidator::Error);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RegisterCommandHandler)
+{
+  bool wasCommandHandlerCalled = false;
+  auto handler = bind([&] { wasCommandHandlerCalled = true; });
+
+  m_manager.registerCommandHandler<TestCommandVoidParameters>("test-void", handler);
+  m_manager.registerCommandHandler<TestCommandRequireName>("test-require-name", handler);
+  setTopPrefixAndPrivilege("/localhost/nfd", "test-module");
+
+  auto testRegisterCommandHandler = [&wasCommandHandlerCalled, this] (const Name& commandName) {
+    wasCommandHandlerCalled = false;
+    receiveInterest(makeControlCommandRequest(commandName, ControlParameters()));
+  };
+
+  testRegisterCommandHandler("/localhost/nfd/test-module/test-void");
+  BOOST_CHECK(wasCommandHandlerCalled);
+
+  testRegisterCommandHandler("/localhost/nfd/test-module/test-require-name");
+  BOOST_CHECK(!wasCommandHandlerCalled);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RegisterStatusDataset)
+{
+  bool isStatusDatasetCalled = false;
+  auto handler = bind([&] { isStatusDatasetCalled = true; });
+
+  m_manager.registerStatusDatasetHandler("test-status", handler);
+  m_dispatcher.addTopPrefix("/localhost/nfd");
+  advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(1));
+
+  receiveInterest(makeInterest("/localhost/nfd/test-module/test-status"));
+  BOOST_CHECK(isStatusDatasetCalled);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RegisterNotificationStream)
+{
+  auto post = m_manager.registerNotificationStream("test-notification");
+  m_dispatcher.addTopPrefix("/localhost/nfd");
+  advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(1));
+
+  post(Block("\x82\x01\x02", 3));
+  advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(1));
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(m_responses.size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_responses[0].getName(),
+                    Name("/localhost/nfd/test-module/test-notification/%FE%00"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CommandAuthorization)
+{
+  bool didAcceptCallbackFire = false;
+  bool didRejectCallbackFire = false;
+  auto testAuthorization = [&] {
+    didAcceptCallbackFire = false;
+    didRejectCallbackFire = false;
+
+    auto command = makeControlCommandRequest("/localhost/nfd/test-module/test-verb",
+                                             ControlParameters());
+    ndn::nfd::ControlParameters params;
+    m_manager.authorize("/top/prefix", *command, &params,
+                        bind([&] { didAcceptCallbackFire = true; }),
+                        bind([&] { didRejectCallbackFire = true; }));
+  };
+
+  testAuthorization();
+  BOOST_CHECK(!didAcceptCallbackFire);
+  BOOST_CHECK(didRejectCallbackFire);
+
+  m_validator.addInterestRule("^<localhost><nfd><test-module>", *m_certificate);
+  testAuthorization();
+  BOOST_CHECK(didAcceptCallbackFire);
+  BOOST_CHECK(!didRejectCallbackFire);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ExtractRequester)
+{
+  std::string requesterName;
+  auto testAccept = [&] (const std::string& requester) { requesterName = requester; };
+
+  auto unsignedCommand = makeInterest("/test/interest/unsigned");
+  auto signedCommand = makeControlCommandRequest("/test/interest/signed", ControlParameters());
+
+  m_manager.extractRequester(*unsignedCommand, testAccept);
+  BOOST_CHECK(requesterName.empty());
+
+  requesterName = "";
+  m_manager.extractRequester(*signedCommand, testAccept);
+  auto keyLocator = m_keyChain.getDefaultCertificateNameForIdentity(m_identityName).getPrefix(-1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(requesterName, keyLocator.toUri());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ValidateParameters)
+{
+  ControlParameters params;
+  TestCommandVoidParameters commandVoidParams;
+  TestCommandRequireName commandRequireName;
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ManagerBase::validateParameters(commandVoidParams, params), true); // succeeds
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ManagerBase::validateParameters(commandRequireName, params), false); // fails
+
+  params.setName("test-name");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(ManagerBase::validateParameters(commandRequireName, params), true); // succeeds
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MakeRelPrefix)
+{
+  auto generatedRelPrefix = m_manager.makeRelPrefix("test-verb");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(generatedRelPrefix, PartialName("/test-module/test-verb"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd