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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  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,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
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+ * 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_DAEMON_FACE_WEBSOCKET_TRANSPORT_FIXTURE_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_WEBSOCKET_TRANSPORT_FIXTURE_HPP
+
+#include "face/websocket-transport.hpp"
+#include "face/face.hpp"
+
+#include "dummy-receive-link-service.hpp"
+#include "tests/limited-io.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace face {
+namespace tests {
+
+using namespace nfd::tests;
+namespace ip = boost::asio::ip;
+
+/** \brief a fixture that accepts a single WebSocket connection from a client
+ */
+class WebSocketTransportFixture : public BaseFixture
+{
+protected:
+  WebSocketTransportFixture()
+    : transport(nullptr)
+    , serverReceivedPackets(nullptr)
+    , clientShouldPong(true)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** \brief initialize server and start listening
+   */
+  void
+  serverListen(const ip::tcp::endpoint& ep,
+               const time::milliseconds& pongTimeout = time::seconds(1))
+  {
+    server.clear_access_channels(websocketpp::log::alevel::all);
+    server.clear_error_channels(websocketpp::log::elevel::all);
+
+    server.init_asio(&g_io);
+    server.set_open_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::serverHandleOpen, this, _1));
+    server.set_close_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::serverHandleClose, this));
+    server.set_message_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::serverHandleMessage, this, _2));
+    server.set_pong_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::serverHandlePong, this));
+    server.set_pong_timeout_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::serverHandlePongTimeout, this));
+    server.set_pong_timeout(pongTimeout.count());
+
+    server.set_reuse_addr(true);
+
+    server.listen(ep);
+    server.start_accept();
+  }
+
+  /** \brief initialize client and connect to server
+   */
+  void
+  clientConnect(const std::string& uri)
+  {
+    client.clear_access_channels(websocketpp::log::alevel::all);
+    client.clear_error_channels(websocketpp::log::elevel::all);
+
+    client.init_asio(&g_io);
+    client.set_open_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::clientHandleOpen, this, _1));
+    client.set_message_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::clientHandleMessage, this, _2));
+    client.set_ping_handler(bind(&WebSocketTransportFixture::clientHandlePing, this));
+
+    websocketpp::lib::error_code ec;
+    auto con = client.get_connection(uri, ec);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(ec, websocketpp::lib::error_code());
+
+    client.connect(con);
+  }
+
+  /** \brief initialize both server and client, and have each other connected, create Transport
+   */
+  void
+  initialize(ip::address address,
+             time::milliseconds pingInterval = time::seconds(10),
+             time::milliseconds pongTimeout = time::seconds(1))
+  {
+    ip::tcp::endpoint ep(address, 20070);
+    serverListen(ep, pongTimeout);
+    clientConnect(FaceUri(ep, "ws").toString());
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(limitedIo.run(2, // serverHandleOpen, clientHandleOpen
+                        time::seconds(1)), LimitedIo::EXCEED_OPS);
+
+    face = make_unique<Face>(
+             make_unique<DummyReceiveLinkService>(),
+             make_unique<WebSocketTransport>(serverHdl, ref(server), pingInterval));
+    transport = static_cast<WebSocketTransport*>(face->getTransport());
+    serverReceivedPackets = &static_cast<DummyReceiveLinkService*>(face->getLinkService())->receivedPackets;
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(transport->getState(), TransportState::UP);
+  }
+
+private:
+  void
+  serverHandleOpen(websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl)
+  {
+    websocketpp::lib::error_code ec;
+    auto con = server.get_con_from_hdl(hdl, ec);
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(ec, websocketpp::lib::error_code());
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(con);
+    remoteEp = con->get_socket().remote_endpoint();
+
+    serverHdl = hdl;
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  serverHandleClose()
+  {
+    if (transport == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    transport->close();
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  serverHandleMessage(websocket::Server::message_ptr msg)
+  {
+    if (transport == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    transport->receiveMessage(msg->get_payload());
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  serverHandlePong()
+  {
+    if (transport == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    transport->handlePong();
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  serverHandlePongTimeout()
+  {
+    if (transport == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    transport->handlePongTimeout();
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  clientHandleOpen(websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl)
+  {
+    clientHdl = hdl;
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  void
+  clientHandleMessage(websocket::Client::message_ptr msg)
+  {
+    clientReceivedMessages.push_back(msg->get_payload());
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+  }
+
+  bool
+  clientHandlePing()
+  {
+    limitedIo.afterOp();
+    return clientShouldPong;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  LimitedIo limitedIo;
+
+  websocket::Server server;
+  websocketpp::connection_hdl serverHdl;
+  ip::tcp::endpoint remoteEp;
+  WebSocketTransport* transport;
+  std::vector<Transport::Packet>* serverReceivedPackets;
+
+  websocket::Client client;
+  websocketpp::connection_hdl clientHdl;
+  bool clientShouldPong;
+  std::vector<std::string> clientReceivedMessages;
+
+private:
+  unique_ptr<Face> face;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace face
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_WEBSOCKET_TRANSPORT_FIXTURE_HPP