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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 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.
+ */
+
+#include "mgmt/nfd/face-event-notification.hpp"
+
+#include "boost-test.hpp"
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+namespace ndn {
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Mgmt)
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Nfd)
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestFaceEventNotification)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Traits)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFaceScope(), FACE_SCOPE_NON_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFacePersistency(), FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getLinkType(), LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
+
+  notification.setFaceScope(FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFaceScope(), FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFacePersistency(), FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getLinkType(), LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
+
+  notification.setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFaceScope(), FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFacePersistency(), FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getLinkType(), LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
+
+  notification.setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERMANENT);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFaceScope(), FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFacePersistency(), FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERMANENT);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getLinkType(), LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
+
+  notification.setLinkType(LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFaceScope(), FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getFacePersistency(), FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERMANENT);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification.getLinkType(), LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Created)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification1;
+  notification1.setKind(FACE_EVENT_CREATED)
+               .setFaceId(20)
+               .setRemoteUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555")
+               .setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363")
+               .setFaceScope(FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL)
+               .setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND)
+               .setLinkType(LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS)
+               .setFlags(0x3);
+  Block wire = notification1.wireEncode();
+
+  // These octets are obtained by the snippet below.
+  // This check is intended to detect unexpected encoding change in the future.
+  // for (Buffer::const_iterator it = wire.begin(); it != wire.end(); ++it) {
+  //   printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
+  // }
+  static const uint8_t expected[] = {
+    0xc0, 0x41, 0xc1, 0x01, 0x01, 0x69, 0x01, 0x14, 0x72, 0x16,
+    0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32,
+    0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x3a, 0x35, 0x35, 0x35,
+    0x35, 0x35, 0x81, 0x15, 0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f,
+    0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x32,
+    0x3a, 0x36, 0x33, 0x36, 0x33, 0x84, 0x01, 0x01, 0x85, 0x01,
+    0x01, 0x86, 0x01, 0x01, 0x6c, 0x01, 0x03,
+  };
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
+                                wire.begin(), wire.end());
+
+  FaceEventNotification notification2(wire);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(notification2),
+                    "FaceEvent(Kind: created,\n"
+                    "          FaceId: 20,\n"
+                    "          RemoteUri: tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555,\n"
+                    "          LocalUri: tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363,\n"
+                    "          FaceScope: local,\n"
+                    "          FacePersistency: on-demand,\n"
+                    "          LinkType: multi-access,\n"
+                    "          Flags: 0x3\n"
+                    "          )");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Destroyed)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification1;
+  notification1.setKind(FACE_EVENT_DESTROYED)
+               .setFaceId(20)
+               .setRemoteUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555")
+               .setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363")
+               .setFaceScope(FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL)
+               .setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND)
+               .setLinkType(LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS)
+               .setFlags(0x4);
+  Block wire = notification1.wireEncode();
+
+  // These octets are obtained by the snippet below.
+  // This check is intended to detect unexpected encoding change in the future.
+  // for (Buffer::const_iterator it = wire.begin(); it != wire.end(); ++it) {
+  //   printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
+  // }
+  static const uint8_t expected[] = {
+    0xc0, 0x41, 0xc1, 0x01, 0x02, 0x69, 0x01, 0x14, 0x72, 0x16,
+    0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32,
+    0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x3a, 0x35, 0x35, 0x35,
+    0x35, 0x35, 0x81, 0x15, 0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f,
+    0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x32,
+    0x3a, 0x36, 0x33, 0x36, 0x33, 0x84, 0x01, 0x01, 0x85, 0x01,
+    0x01, 0x86, 0x01, 0x01, 0x6c, 0x01, 0x04,
+  };
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
+                                wire.begin(), wire.end());
+
+  FaceEventNotification notification2(wire);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(notification2),
+                    "FaceEvent(Kind: destroyed,\n"
+                    "          FaceId: 20,\n"
+                    "          RemoteUri: tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555,\n"
+                    "          LocalUri: tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363,\n"
+                    "          FaceScope: local,\n"
+                    "          FacePersistency: on-demand,\n"
+                    "          LinkType: multi-access,\n"
+                    "          Flags: 0x4\n"
+                    "          )");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Up)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification1;
+  notification1.setKind(FACE_EVENT_UP)
+               .setFaceId(20)
+               .setRemoteUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555")
+               .setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363")
+               .setFaceScope(FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL)
+               .setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND)
+               .setLinkType(LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS)
+               .setFlags(0x05);
+  Block wire = notification1.wireEncode();
+
+  // These octets are obtained by the snippet below.
+  // This check is intended to detect unexpected encoding change in the future.
+  // for (Buffer::const_iterator it = wire.begin(); it != wire.end(); ++it) {
+  //   printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
+  // }
+  static const uint8_t expected[] = {
+    0xc0, 0x41, 0xc1, 0x01, 0x03, 0x69, 0x01, 0x14, 0x72, 0x16,
+    0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32,
+    0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x3a, 0x35, 0x35, 0x35,
+    0x35, 0x35, 0x81, 0x15, 0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f,
+    0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x32,
+    0x3a, 0x36, 0x33, 0x36, 0x33, 0x84, 0x01, 0x01, 0x85, 0x01,
+    0x01, 0x86, 0x01, 0x01, 0x6c, 0x01, 0x05,
+  };
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
+                                wire.begin(), wire.end());
+
+  FaceEventNotification notification2(wire);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(notification2),
+                    "FaceEvent(Kind: up,\n"
+                    "          FaceId: 20,\n"
+                    "          RemoteUri: tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555,\n"
+                    "          LocalUri: tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363,\n"
+                    "          FaceScope: local,\n"
+                    "          FacePersistency: on-demand,\n"
+                    "          LinkType: multi-access,\n"
+                    "          Flags: 0x5\n"
+                    "          )");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Down)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification1;
+  notification1.setKind(FACE_EVENT_DOWN)
+               .setFaceId(20)
+               .setRemoteUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555")
+               .setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363")
+               .setFaceScope(FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL)
+               .setFacePersistency(FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND)
+               .setLinkType(LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS)
+               .setFlags(0x06);
+  Block wire = notification1.wireEncode();
+
+  // These octets are obtained by the snippet below.
+  // This check is intended to detect unexpected encoding change in the future.
+  // for (Buffer::const_iterator it = wire.begin(); it != wire.end(); ++it) {
+  //   printf("0x%02x, ", *it);
+  // }
+  static const uint8_t expected[] = {
+    0xc0, 0x41, 0xc1, 0x01, 0x04, 0x69, 0x01, 0x14, 0x72, 0x16,
+    0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32,
+    0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x31, 0x3a, 0x35, 0x35, 0x35,
+    0x35, 0x35, 0x81, 0x15, 0x74, 0x63, 0x70, 0x34, 0x3a, 0x2f,
+    0x2f, 0x31, 0x39, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x30, 0x2e, 0x32, 0x2e, 0x32,
+    0x3a, 0x36, 0x33, 0x36, 0x33, 0x84, 0x01, 0x01, 0x85, 0x01,
+    0x01, 0x86, 0x01, 0x01, 0x6c, 0x01, 0x06,
+  };
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(expected, expected + sizeof(expected),
+                                wire.begin(), wire.end());
+
+  FaceEventNotification notification2(wire);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(notification2),
+                    "FaceEvent(Kind: down,\n"
+                    "          FaceId: 20,\n"
+                    "          RemoteUri: tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555,\n"
+                    "          LocalUri: tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363,\n"
+                    "          FaceScope: local,\n"
+                    "          FacePersistency: on-demand,\n"
+                    "          LinkType: multi-access,\n"
+                    "          Flags: 0x6\n"
+                    "          )");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Equality)
+{
+  FaceEventNotification notification1, notification2;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  notification1.setKind(FACE_EVENT_CREATED)
+               .setFaceId(123)
+               .setRemoteUri("tcp4://192.0.2.1:55555")
+               .setLocalUri("tcp4://192.0.2.2:6363");
+  notification2 = notification1;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(notification1, notification2);
+
+  notification2.setFaceId(42);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(notification1, notification2);
+
+  notification2 = notification1;
+  notification2.setKind(FACE_EVENT_DESTROYED);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(notification1, notification2);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // TestFaceEventNotification
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // Nfd
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // Mgmt
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+} // namespace ndn