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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                     Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                     Colorado State University,
+ *                     University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                     Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                     Beijing Institute of Technology
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD 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
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+#ifndef NFD_TESTS_NFD_FW_DUMMY_STRATEGY_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_NFD_FW_DUMMY_STRATEGY_HPP
+
+#include "fw/strategy.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+/** \brief strategy for unit testing
+ *
+ *  Triggers on DummyStrategy are recorded but does nothing
+ */
+class DummyStrategy : public fw::Strategy
+{
+public:
+  DummyStrategy(Forwarder& forwarder, const Name& name)
+    : Strategy(forwarder, name)
+  {
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  afterReceiveInterest(const Face& inFace,
+                       const Interest& interest,
+                       shared_ptr<fib::Entry> fibEntry,
+                       shared_ptr<pit::Entry> pitEntry)
+  {
+    ++m_afterReceiveInterest_count;
+
+    if (static_cast<bool>(m_interestOutFace)) {
+      this->sendInterest(pitEntry, m_interestOutFace);
+    }
+    else {
+      this->rejectPendingInterest(pitEntry);
+    }
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  beforeSatisfyPendingInterest(shared_ptr<pit::Entry> pitEntry,
+                               const Face& inFace, const Data& data)
+  {
+    ++m_beforeSatisfyPendingInterest_count;
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  beforeExpirePendingInterest(shared_ptr<pit::Entry> pitEntry)
+  {
+    ++m_beforeExpirePendingInterest_count;
+  }
+
+public:
+  int m_afterReceiveInterest_count;
+  int m_beforeSatisfyPendingInterest_count;
+  int m_beforeExpirePendingInterest_count;
+
+  /// outFace to use in afterReceiveInterest, nullptr to reject
+  shared_ptr<Face> m_interestOutFace;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_NFD_FW_DUMMY_STRATEGY_HPP