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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <ndn-cpp/interest.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ndn;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestInterest)
+
+const uint8_t Interest1[] = {
+  0x0,  0x41,
+  0x2,  0x14,
+  0x3,  0x5,  0x6c,  0x6f,  0x63,  0x61,  0x6c,
+  0x3,  0x3,  0x6e,  0x64,  0x6e,
+  0x3,  0x6,  0x70,  0x72,  0x65,  0x66,  0x69,  0x78,
+  0x4,  0x1f,
+  0x8,  0x1,  0x1,
+  0x9,  0x1,  0x1,
+  0xb,  0x14,
+  0x3,  0x4,  0x61,  0x6c,  0x65,  0x78,
+  0x3,  0x4,  0x78,  0x78,  0x78,  0x78,
+  0xe,  0x0,
+  0x3,  0x4,  0x79,  0x79,  0x79,  0x79,
+  0xc,  0x1,  0x1,
+  0x5,  0x1,  0x0,
+  0x6,  0x1,  0x1,
+  0x7,  0x2,  0x3,  0xe8
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Decode)
+{
+  Block interestBlock(Interest1, sizeof(Interest1));
+  
+  ndn::Interest i;
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(i.wireDecode(interestBlock));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getName().toUri(), "/local/ndn/prefix");
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getScope(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getInterestLifetime(), 1000);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMinSuffixComponents(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMaxSuffixComponents(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getChildSelector(), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getMustBeFresh(), false);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(i.getExclude().toUri(), "alex,xxxx,*,yyyy");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Encode)
+{
+  ndn::Interest i(ndn::Name("/local/ndn/prefix"));
+  i.setScope(1);
+  i.setInterestLifetime(1000);
+  i.setMinSuffixComponents(1);
+  i.setMaxSuffixComponents(1);
+  i.setChildSelector(1);
+  i.setMustBeFresh(false);
+  i.getExclude().excludeOne("alex").excludeRange("xxxx", "yyyy");
+
+  const Block &wire = i.wireEncode();
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(Interest1, Interest1+sizeof(Interest1),
+                               wire.begin(), wire.end());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()