diff --git a/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.cpp b/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.cpp
index ad26e53..af5fc37 100644
--- a/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.cpp
+++ b/daemon/mgmt/manager-base.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@
 
 }
 
+bool
+ManagerBase::extractParameters(const Name::Component& parameterComponent,
+                               ControlParameters& extractedParameters)
+{
+  try
+    {
+      Block rawParameters = parameterComponent.blockFromValue();
+      extractedParameters.wireDecode(rawParameters);
+    }
+  catch (const ndn::Tlv::Error& e)
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+  NFD_LOG_DEBUG("Parameters parsed OK");
+  return true;
+}
+
 void
 ManagerBase::sendResponse(const Name& name,
                           uint32_t code,
@@ -32,6 +50,17 @@
 
 void
 ManagerBase::sendResponse(const Name& name,
+                          uint32_t code,
+                          const std::string& text,
+                          const Block& body)
+{
+  ControlResponse response(code, text);
+  response.setBody(body);
+  sendResponse(name, response);
+}
+
+void
+ManagerBase::sendResponse(const Name& name,
                           const ControlResponse& response)
 {
   NFD_LOG_DEBUG("responding"