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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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "mgmt/nfd-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 {
+
+class NfdManagerBaseFixture : public ManagerCommonFixture
+{
+public:
+  NfdManagerBaseFixture()
+    : m_manager(m_dispatcher, m_validator, "test-module")
+  {
+  }
+
+protected:
+  CommandValidator m_validator;
+  NfdManagerBase m_manager;
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Mgmt)
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(TestNfdManagerBase, NfdManagerBaseFixture)
+
+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(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_SUITE_END() // TestNfdManagerBase
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // Mgmt
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd