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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/forwarding-entry.hpp>
+
+#if __clang__
+#pragma clang diagnostic push
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wtautological-compare"
+#endif
+
+#include <fstream>
+#include <boost/test/output_test_stream.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ndn;
+
+const uint8_t FORWARDING_ENTRY[] = {0x81, 0x19, 0x83, 0x07, 0x73, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x66, 0x72, 0x65, 0x67, 0x03, 0x0b, 0x04, 0x01, 0x61, 0x04, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x65, 0x66, 0x69, 0x78, 0x8a, 0x01, 0x03};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestForwardingEntry)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Encode)
+{
+  ndn::ForwardingEntry forwardingEntry("selfreg", "/a/prefix", -1, ForwardingFlags(), -1);
+  const Block &wire = forwardingEntry.wireEncode();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(FORWARDING_ENTRY, FORWARDING_ENTRY+sizeof(FORWARDING_ENTRY),
+                                  wire.begin(), wire.end());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Decode)
+{
+  ndn::ForwardingEntry forwardingEntry;
+  
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(forwardingEntry.wireDecode(Block(FORWARDING_ENTRY, sizeof(FORWARDING_ENTRY))));
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getAction(), "selfreg");
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getPrefix(), Name("/a/prefix"));
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getFaceId(), -1);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getActive(), true);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getChildInherit(), true);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getAdvertise(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getLast(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getCapture(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getLocal(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getTap(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getForwardingFlags().getCaptureOk(), false);
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(forwardingEntry.getFreshnessPeriod(), -1);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()