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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,
+ *                      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.
+ *
+ * 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_MGMT_FACE_QUERY_STATUS_PUBLISHER_COMMON_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_NFD_MGMT_FACE_QUERY_STATUS_PUBLISHER_COMMON_HPP
+
+#include "mgmt/face-query-status-publisher.hpp"
+#include "mgmt/app-face.hpp"
+#include "mgmt/internal-face.hpp"
+#include "fw/forwarder.hpp"
+#include "face/udp-factory.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+#include "tests/daemon/face/dummy-face.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-face-status.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+class FaceQueryStatusPublisherFixture : public BaseFixture
+{
+public:
+
+  FaceQueryStatusPublisherFixture()
+    : m_table(m_forwarder)
+    , m_face(make_shared<InternalFace>())
+    , m_dummyFace(make_shared<DummyFace>())
+    , m_dummyLocalFace(make_shared<DummyLocalFace>())
+    , m_dummyUri(make_shared<DummyFace>("dummy://remoteUri", "dummy://localUri"))
+    , m_factory(UdpFactory())
+    , m_finished(false)
+  {
+  }
+
+  virtual
+  ~FaceQueryStatusPublisherFixture()
+  {
+  }
+
+  void
+  add(shared_ptr<Face> face)
+  {
+    m_table.add(face);
+  }
+
+  void
+  validateFaceStatus(const Block& statusBlock, const shared_ptr<Face>& reference)
+  {
+    ndn::nfd::FaceStatus status;
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(status.wireDecode(statusBlock));
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getFaceId(), reference->getId());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getRemoteUri(), reference->getRemoteUri().toString());
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getLocalUri(), reference->getLocalUri().toString());
+
+    if (reference->isLocal()) {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getFaceScope(), ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL);
+    }
+    else {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getFaceScope(), ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_NON_LOCAL);
+    }
+
+    if (reference->isOnDemand()) {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getFacePersistency(), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_ON_DEMAND);
+    }
+    else {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getFacePersistency(), ndn::nfd::FACE_PERSISTENCY_PERSISTENT);
+    }
+
+    if (reference->isMultiAccess()) {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getLinkType(), ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_MULTI_ACCESS);
+    }
+    else {
+      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(status.getLinkType(), ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void
+  decodeFaceStatusBlock(const Data& data)
+  {
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(data.getContentType(), ndn::MetaInfo::TYPE_BLOB);
+
+    Block payload = data.getContent();
+    m_buffer.appendByteArray(payload.value(), payload.value_size());
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(data.getName()[-1].toSegment());
+    if (data.getFinalBlockId() != data.getName()[-1]) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // wrap the Face Statuses in a single Content TLV for easy parsing
+    m_buffer.prependVarNumber(m_buffer.size());
+    m_buffer.prependVarNumber(tlv::Content);
+
+    ndn::Block parser(m_buffer.buf(), m_buffer.size());
+    parser.parse();
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(parser.elements_size(), m_referenceFaces.size());
+
+    std::list<shared_ptr<Face> >::const_iterator iReference = m_referenceFaces.begin();
+    for (Block::element_const_iterator i = parser.elements_begin();
+         i != parser.elements_end();
+         ++i) {
+      if (i->type() != ndn::tlv::nfd::FaceStatus) {
+          BOOST_FAIL("expected face status, got type #" << i->type());
+      }
+      validateFaceStatus(*i, *iReference);
+      ++iReference;
+    }
+    m_finished = true;
+  }
+
+  //void
+  //decodeNackBlock(const Data& data)
+  //{
+  //  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(data.getContentType(), ndn::tlv::ContentType_Nack);
+
+  //  m_finished = true;
+  //}
+
+protected:
+  Forwarder m_forwarder;
+  FaceTable m_table;
+  shared_ptr<InternalFace> m_face;
+  ndn::EncodingBuffer m_buffer;
+  std::list<shared_ptr<Face> > m_referenceFaces;
+  ndn::KeyChain m_keyChain;
+  shared_ptr<DummyFace> m_dummyFace;
+  shared_ptr<DummyLocalFace> m_dummyLocalFace;
+  shared_ptr<DummyFace> m_dummyUri;
+  UdpFactory m_factory;
+
+protected:
+  bool m_finished;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_NFD_MGMT_FACE_QUERY_STATUS_PUBLISHER_COMMON_HPP