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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/>.
+ **/
+
+#include "mgmt/internal-face.hpp"
+#include "tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+NFD_LOG_INIT("InternalFaceTest");
+
+class InternalFaceFixture : protected BaseFixture
+{
+public:
+
+  InternalFaceFixture()
+    : m_onInterestFired(false),
+      m_noOnInterestFired(false)
+  {
+
+  }
+
+  void
+  validateOnInterestCallback(const Name& name, const Interest& interest)
+  {
+    m_onInterestFired = true;
+  }
+
+  void
+  validateNoOnInterestCallback(const Name& name, const Interest& interest)
+  {
+    m_noOnInterestFired = true;
+  }
+
+  void
+  addFace(shared_ptr<Face> face)
+  {
+    m_faces.push_back(face);
+  }
+
+  bool
+  didOnInterestFire()
+  {
+    return m_onInterestFired;
+  }
+
+  bool
+  didNoOnInterestFire()
+  {
+    return m_noOnInterestFired;
+  }
+
+  void
+  resetOnInterestFired()
+  {
+    m_onInterestFired = false;
+  }
+
+  void
+  resetNoOnInterestFired()
+  {
+    m_noOnInterestFired = false;
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::vector<shared_ptr<Face> > m_faces;
+  bool m_onInterestFired;
+  bool m_noOnInterestFired;
+};
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(MgmtInternalFace, InternalFaceFixture)
+
+void
+validatePutData(bool& called, const Name& expectedName, const Data& data)
+{
+  called = true;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(expectedName, data.getName());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PutData)
+{
+  addFace(make_shared<DummyFace>());
+
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face(new InternalFace);
+
+  bool didPutData = false;
+  Name dataName("/hello");
+  face->onReceiveData += bind(&validatePutData, boost::ref(didPutData), dataName, _1);
+
+  Data testData(dataName);
+  face->sign(testData);
+  face->put(testData);
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didPutData);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_THROW(face->close(), InternalFace::Error);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SendInterestHitEnd)
+{
+  addFace(make_shared<DummyFace>());
+
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face(new InternalFace);
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/fib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  // generate command whose name is canonically
+  // ordered after /localhost/nfd/fib so that
+  // we hit the end of the std::map
+
+  Name commandName("/localhost/nfd/fib/end");
+  shared_ptr<Interest> command = makeInterest(commandName);
+  face->sendInterest(*command);
+  g_io.run_one();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didOnInterestFire());
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didNoOnInterestFire() == false);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SendInterestHitBegin)
+{
+  addFace(make_shared<DummyFace>());
+
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face(new InternalFace);
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/fib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateNoOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  // generate command whose name is canonically
+  // ordered before /localhost/nfd/fib so that
+  // we hit the beginning of the std::map
+
+  Name commandName("/localhost/nfd");
+  shared_ptr<Interest> command = makeInterest(commandName);
+  face->sendInterest(*command);
+  g_io.run_one();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didNoOnInterestFire() == false);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SendInterestHitExact)
+{
+  addFace(make_shared<DummyFace>());
+
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face(new InternalFace);
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/eib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateNoOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/fib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateOnInterestCallback,
+                           this, _1, _2));
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/gib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateNoOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  // generate command whose name exactly matches
+  // /localhost/nfd/fib
+
+  Name commandName("/localhost/nfd/fib");
+  shared_ptr<Interest> command = makeInterest(commandName);
+  face->sendInterest(*command);
+  g_io.run_one();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didOnInterestFire());
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didNoOnInterestFire() == false);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SendInterestHitPrevious)
+{
+  addFace(make_shared<DummyFace>());
+
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face(new InternalFace);
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/fib",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  face->setInterestFilter("/localhost/nfd/fib/zzzzzzzzzzzzz/",
+                          bind(&InternalFaceFixture::validateNoOnInterestCallback,
+                               this, _1, _2));
+
+  // generate command whose name exactly matches
+  // an Interest filter
+
+  Name commandName("/localhost/nfd/fib/previous");
+  shared_ptr<Interest> command = makeInterest(commandName);
+  face->sendInterest(*command);
+  g_io.run_one();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didOnInterestFire());
+  BOOST_REQUIRE(didNoOnInterestFire() == false);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(InterestGone)
+{
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> face = make_shared<InternalFace>();
+  shared_ptr<Interest> interest = makeInterest("ndn:/localhost/nfd/gone");
+  face->sendInterest(*interest);
+
+  interest.reset();
+  BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(g_io.poll());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd