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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016,  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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "channel-module.hpp"
+#include "format-helpers.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfdc {
+
+void
+ChannelModule::fetchStatus(Controller& controller,
+                           const function<void()>& onSuccess,
+                           const Controller::CommandFailCallback& onFailure,
+                           const CommandOptions& options)
+{
+  controller.fetch<ndn::nfd::ChannelDataset>(
+    [this, onSuccess] (const std::vector<ChannelStatus>& result) {
+      m_status = result;
+      onSuccess();
+    },
+    onFailure, options);
+}
+
+void
+ChannelModule::formatStatusXml(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  os << "<channels>";
+  for (const ChannelStatus& item : m_status) {
+    this->formatItemXml(os, item);
+  }
+  os << "</channels>";
+}
+
+void
+ChannelModule::formatItemXml(std::ostream& os, const ChannelStatus& item) const
+{
+  os << "<channel>";
+  os << "<localUri>" << xml::Text{item.getLocalUri()} << "</localUri>";
+  os << "</channel>";
+}
+
+void
+ChannelModule::formatStatusText(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  os << "Channels:\n";
+  for (const ChannelStatus& item : m_status) {
+    this->formatItemText(os, item);
+  }
+}
+
+void
+ChannelModule::formatItemText(std::ostream& os, const ChannelStatus& item) const
+{
+  os << "  " << item.getLocalUri();
+  os << "\n";
+}
+
+} // namespace nfdc
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd