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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Regents of the University of California.
+ *
+ * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
+ *
+ * ndn-cxx library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * ndn-cxx library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License along with ndn-cxx, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of ndn-cxx authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * @author Yingdi Yu <http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~yingdi/>
+ */
+
+#include "util/regex/regex-backref-manager.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-component-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-component-set-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-pattern-list-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-repeat-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-backref-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex/regex-top-matcher.hpp"
+#include "util/regex.hpp"
+
+#include "boost-test.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+namespace tests {
+
+using std::string;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(UtilRegex)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ComponentMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexComponentMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexComponentMatcher>("a", backRef);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexComponentMatcher>("a", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/"), 1, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexComponentMatcher>("(c+)\\.(cd)", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/ccc.cd/b/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("ccc.cd"));
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(backRef->size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("ccc"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(1)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("cd"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ComponentSetMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexComponentSetMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexComponentSetMatcher>("<a>", backRef);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/"), 1, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexComponentSetMatcher>("[<a><b><c>]", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/d"), 1, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/d"), 2, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexComponentSetMatcher>("[^<a><b><c>]", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/b/d"), 1, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("d"));
+
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(RepeatMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexRepeatMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]*", backRef, 8);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 0);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]+", backRef, 8);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 0);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("<.*>*", backRef, 4);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d/e/f/"), 0, 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[4].toUri(), string("e"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[5].toUri(), string("f"));
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("<>*", backRef, 2);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d/e/f/"), 0, 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[4].toUri(), string("e"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[5].toUri(), string("f"));
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("<a>?", backRef, 3);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 0);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("<a>?", backRef, 3);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("<a>?", backRef, 3);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]{3}", backRef, 8);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/"), 0, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/"), 0, 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]{2,3}", backRef, 8);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/b/e/"), 0, 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]{2,}", backRef, 8);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/b/e/"), 0, 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("[<a><b>]{,2}", backRef, 8);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/b/e/"), 0, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/b/e/"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/a/d/e/"), 0, 0);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(BackRefMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexBackrefMatcher>("(<a><b>)", backRef);
+  backRef->pushRef(static_pointer_cast<RegexMatcher>(cm));
+  cm->lateCompile();
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->size(), 1);
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexBackrefMatcher>("(<a>(<b>))", backRef);
+  backRef->pushRef(cm);
+  cm->lateCompile();
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(1)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("b"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(BackRefMatcherAdvanced)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexRepeatMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexRepeatMatcher>("([<a><b>])+", backRef, 10);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("b"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(BackRefMatcherAdvanced2)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexPatternListMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexPatternListMatcher>("(<a>(<b>))<c>", backRef);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(0)->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(backRef->getBackref(1)->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("b"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PatternListMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  shared_ptr<RegexPatternListMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexPatternListMatcher>("<a>[<a><b>]", backRef);
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexPatternListMatcher>("<>*<a>", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexPatternListMatcher>("<>*<a>", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  backRef = make_shared<RegexBackrefManager>();
+  cm = make_shared<RegexPatternListMatcher>("<>*<a><>*", backRef);
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c"), 0, 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TopMatcher)
+{
+
+  shared_ptr<RegexTopMatcher> cm = make_shared<RegexTopMatcher>("^<a><b><c>");
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexTopMatcher>("<b><c><d>$");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexTopMatcher>("^<a><b><c><d>$");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d/e"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 0);
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexTopMatcher>("<a><b><c><d>");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+
+
+  cm = make_shared<RegexTopMatcher>("<b><c>");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/a/b/c/d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[0].toUri(), string("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[1].toUri(), string("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[2].toUri(), string("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult()[3].toUri(), string("d"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TopMatcherAdvanced)
+{
+  shared_ptr<Regex> cm = make_shared<Regex>("^(<.*>*)<.*>");
+  bool res = cm->match(Name("/n/a/b/c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("\\1"), Name("/n/a/b/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("^(<.*>*)<.*><c>(<.*>)<.*>");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/n/a/b/c/d/e/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("\\1\\2"), Name("/n/a/d/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("(<.*>*)<.*>$");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/n/a/b/c/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("\\1"), Name("/n/a/b/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("<.*>(<.*>*)<.*>$");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/n/a/b/c/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("\\1"), Name("/a/b/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("<a>(<>*)<>$");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/n/a/b/c/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("\\1"), Name("/b/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("^<ndn><(.*)\\.(.*)><DNS>(<>*)<>");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/ndn/ucla.edu/DNS/yingdi/mac/ksk-1/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand("<ndn>\\2\\1\\3"), Name("/ndn/edu/ucla/yingdi/mac/"));
+
+  cm = make_shared<Regex>("^<ndn><(.*)\\.(.*)><DNS>(<>*)<>", "<ndn>\\2\\1\\3");
+  res = cm->match(Name("/ndn/ucla.edu/DNS/yingdi/mac/ksk-1/"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(res, true);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->getMatchResult().size(), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(cm->expand(), Name("/ndn/edu/ucla/yingdi/mac/"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace ndn