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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  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 "manager-common-fixture.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/signing-helpers.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+const Name CommandInterestSignerFixture::DEFAULT_COMMAND_SIGNER_IDENTITY("/CommandInterestSignerFixture-identity");
+
+CommandInterestSignerFixture::CommandInterestSignerFixture()
+  : m_commandInterestSigner(m_keyChain)
+{
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(this->addIdentity(DEFAULT_COMMAND_SIGNER_IDENTITY));
+}
+
+Interest
+CommandInterestSignerFixture::makeCommandInterest(const Name& name, const Name& identity)
+{
+  return m_commandInterestSigner.makeCommandInterest(name, ndn::security::signingByIdentity(identity));
+}
+
+Interest
+CommandInterestSignerFixture::makeControlCommandRequest(Name commandName,
+                                                        const ControlParameters& params,
+                                                        const Name& identity)
+{
+  commandName.append(params.wireEncode());
+  return this->makeCommandInterest(commandName, identity);
+}
+
+ManagerCommonFixture::ManagerCommonFixture()
+  : m_face(getGlobalIoService(), m_keyChain, {true, true})
+  , m_dispatcher(m_face, m_keyChain, ndn::security::SigningInfo())
+  , m_responses(m_face.sentData)
+{
+}
+
+void
+ManagerCommonFixture::setTopPrefix()
+{
+  m_dispatcher.addTopPrefix("/localhost/nfd");
+  advanceClocks(1_ms); // so that all filters are added
+}
+
+void
+ManagerCommonFixture::receiveInterest(const Interest& interest)
+{
+  m_face.receive(interest);
+  advanceClocks(1_ms);
+}
+
+ControlResponse
+ManagerCommonFixture::makeResponse(uint32_t code, const std::string& text,
+                                   const ControlParameters& parameters)
+{
+  return ControlResponse(code, text).setBody(parameters.wireEncode());
+}
+
+ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult
+ManagerCommonFixture::checkResponse(size_t idx,
+                                    const Name& expectedName,
+                                    const ControlResponse& expectedResponse,
+                                    int expectedContentType /*= -1*/)
+{
+  Data data;
+  try {
+    data = m_responses.at(idx);
+  }
+  catch (const std::out_of_range&) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] does not exist");
+    return CheckResponseResult::OUT_OF_BOUNDARY;
+  }
+
+  if (data.getName() != expectedName) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong name " << data.getName());
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_NAME;
+  }
+
+  if (expectedContentType != -1 &&
+      data.getContentType() != static_cast<uint32_t>(expectedContentType)) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong ContentType " << data.getContentType());
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE;
+  }
+
+  ControlResponse response;
+  try {
+    response.wireDecode(data.getContent().blockFromValue());
+  }
+  catch (const tlv::Error&) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] cannot be decoded");
+    return CheckResponseResult::INVALID_RESPONSE;
+  }
+
+  if (response.getCode() != expectedResponse.getCode()) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong StatusCode " << response.getCode());
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CODE;
+  }
+
+  if (response.getText() != expectedResponse.getText()) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong StatusText " << response.getText());
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_TEXT;
+  }
+
+  const Block& body = response.getBody();
+  const Block& expectedBody = expectedResponse.getBody();
+  if (body.value_size() != expectedBody.value_size()) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong body size " << body.value_size());
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_SIZE;
+  }
+  if (body.value_size() > 0 && memcmp(body.value(), expectedBody.value(), body.value_size()) != 0) {
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE("response[" << idx << "] has wrong body value");
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_VALUE;
+  }
+
+  return CheckResponseResult::OK;
+}
+
+Block
+ManagerCommonFixture::concatenateResponses(size_t startIndex, size_t nResponses)
+{
+  while (m_responses.back().getName().at(-1) != m_responses.back().getFinalBlock()) {
+    const Name& name = m_responses.back().getName();
+    Name prefix = name.getPrefix(-1);
+    uint64_t segmentNo = name.at(-1).toSegment() + 1;
+    // request for the next segment
+    receiveInterest(Interest(prefix.appendSegment(segmentNo)));
+  }
+
+  size_t endIndex = startIndex + nResponses; // not included
+  if (nResponses == startIndex || endIndex > m_responses.size()) {
+    endIndex = m_responses.size();
+  }
+
+  ndn::EncodingBuffer encoder;
+  size_t valueLength = 0;
+  for (size_t i = startIndex; i < endIndex ; i ++) {
+    valueLength += encoder.appendByteArray(m_responses[i].getContent().value(),
+                                           m_responses[i].getContent().value_size());
+  }
+  encoder.prependVarNumber(valueLength);
+  encoder.prependVarNumber(tlv::Content);
+  return encoder.block();
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult result)
+{
+  switch (result) {
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::OK:
+      return os << "OK";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::OUT_OF_BOUNDARY:
+      return os << "OUT_OF_BOUNDARY";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_NAME:
+      return os << "WRONG_NAME";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE:
+      return os << "WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::INVALID_RESPONSE:
+      return os << "INVALID_RESPONSE";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CODE:
+      return os << "WRONG_CODE";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_TEXT:
+      return os << "WRONG_TEXT";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_SIZE:
+      return os << "WRONG_BODY_SIZE";
+    case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_VALUE:
+      return os << "WRONG_BODY_VALUE";
+  }
+  return os << static_cast<int>(result);
+}
+
+void
+ManagerFixtureWithAuthenticator::setPrivilege(const std::string& privilege)
+{
+  saveIdentityCertificate(DEFAULT_COMMAND_SIGNER_IDENTITY, "ManagerCommonFixture.ndncert");
+
+  const std::string& config = R"CONFIG(
+    authorizations
+    {
+      authorize
+      {
+        certfile "ManagerCommonFixture.ndncert"
+        privileges
+        {
+          )CONFIG" + privilege + R"CONFIG(
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  )CONFIG";
+
+  ConfigFile cf;
+  m_authenticator->setConfigFile(cf);
+  cf.parse(config, false, "ManagerCommonFixture.authenticator.conf");
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd