unit tests
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 University of California, Los Angeles
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Author: Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@cs.ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#include "ns3/test.h"
+#include "ns3/annotated-topology-reader.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-interest-header.h"
+#include "ns3/uinteger.h"
+#include "ns3/random-variable.h"
+#include <limits>
+#include "ns3/ccnx-header-helper.h"
+#include "ns3/header.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-name-components.h"
+#include "ns3/nstime.h"
+#include "ns3/buffer.h"
+#include "ns3/log.h"
+#include "ns3/ccnx-content-object-header.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+using namespace ns3;
+using namespace std;
+
+NS_LOG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("ContentObjectTest");
+
+class ContentObjectTest : public TestCase
+{
+public:
+ ContentObjectTest ();
+ virtual ~ContentObjectTest ();
+
+private:
+ virtual void DoRun (void);
+};
+
+ContentObjectTest::ContentObjectTest ()
+: TestCase ("Content Obejct Serialization Test")
+{
+}
+
+ContentObjectTest::~ContentObjectTest ()
+{
+}
+
+void
+ContentObjectTest::DoRun(void)
+{
+ Packet::EnablePrinting ();
+ Packet::EnableChecking ();
+ Packet packet (10);
+
+ CcnxContentObjectHeader header;
+ CcnxContentObjectTail trailer;
+
+ Ptr<CcnxNameComponents> testname = Create<CcnxNameComponents> ();
+ (*testname) ("iwant")("icecream");
+ header.SetName(testname);
+
+ NS_LOG_INFO ("Source: \n" << header << trailer);
+
+ packet.AddHeader (header);
+ packet.AddTrailer (trailer);
+
+ // NS_LOG_INFO ("Deserialized packet: \n" << packet);
+
+ NS_LOG_INFO ("Removing and deserializing individual headers");
+
+ CcnxContentObjectHeader targetHeader;
+ CcnxContentObjectTail targetTrailer;
+
+ packet.RemoveHeader (targetHeader);
+ packet.RemoveTrailer (targetTrailer);
+
+
+ NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (targetHeader.GetName(), *testname, "Content Object name deserialization failed");
+
+ NS_TEST_ASSERT_MSG_EQ (packet.GetSize(), 10, "Content Object size inequality");
+}
+
+class ContentObjectTestSuite : public TestSuite
+{
+public:
+ ContentObjectTestSuite ();
+};
+
+ContentObjectTestSuite::ContentObjectTestSuite ()
+: TestSuite ("content-object-test-suite", UNIT)
+{
+ SetDataDir (NS_TEST_SOURCEDIR);
+ AddTestCase (new ContentObjectTest);
+}
+
+static ContentObjectTestSuite suite;