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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/>.
+ */
+
+/** \todo
+ *  #2542 plans to merge nfd-status with nfdc.
+ *  FaceModule class should be changed as follows:
+ *  (1) move into ndn::nfd::nfdc namespace
+ *  (2) assuming command syntax is similar to Windows NT \p netsh ,
+ *      this class can handle command argument parsing as soon as
+ *      'face' sub-command is detected
+ *  (3) introduce methods to create and destroy faces, and update face attributes
+ *
+ *  \todo
+ *  #3444 aims at improving output texts of nfdc.
+ *  Assuming it's worked with or after #2542:
+ *  (1) introduce an \p style parameter on formatItemText method to specify desired text style,
+ *      such as human friendly style vs. porcelain style for script consumption
+ *  (2) upon successful command execute, convert the command result into FaceStatus type,
+ *      and use formatItemText to render the result, so that output from status retrieval
+ *      and command execution have consistent styles
+ *  }
+ */
+
+#include "face-module.hpp"
+#include "format-helpers.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfdc {
+
+void
+FaceModule::fetchStatus(Controller& controller,
+                        const function<void()>& onSuccess,
+                        const Controller::CommandFailCallback& onFailure,
+                        const CommandOptions& options)
+{
+  controller.fetch<ndn::nfd::FaceDataset>(
+    [this, onSuccess] (const std::vector<FaceStatus>& result) {
+      m_status = result;
+      onSuccess();
+    },
+    onFailure, options);
+}
+
+void
+FaceModule::formatStatusXml(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  os << "<faces>";
+  for (const FaceStatus& item : m_status) {
+    this->formatItemXml(os, item);
+  }
+  os << "</faces>";
+}
+
+void
+FaceModule::formatItemXml(std::ostream& os, const FaceStatus& item) const
+{
+  os << "<face>";
+
+  os << "<faceId>" << item.getFaceId() << "</faceId>";
+  os << "<remoteUri>" << xml::Text{item.getRemoteUri()} << "</remoteUri>";
+  os << "<localUri>" << xml::Text{item.getLocalUri()} << "</localUri>";
+
+  if (item.hasExpirationPeriod()) {
+    os << "<expirationPeriod>" << xml::formatDuration(item.getExpirationPeriod())
+       << "</expirationPeriod>";
+  }
+  os << "<faceScope>" << item.getFaceScope() << "</faceScope>";
+  os << "<facePersistency>" << item.getFacePersistency() << "</facePersistency>";
+  os << "<linkType>" << item.getLinkType() << "</linkType>";
+
+  os << "<packetCounters>";
+  os << "<incomingPackets>"
+     << "<nInterests>" << item.getNInInterests() << "</nInterests>"
+     << "<nDatas>" << item.getNInDatas() << "</nDatas>"
+     << "<nNacks>" << item.getNInNacks() << "</nNacks>"
+     << "</incomingPackets>";
+  os << "<outgoingPackets>"
+     << "<nInterests>" << item.getNOutInterests() << "</nInterests>"
+     << "<nDatas>" << item.getNOutDatas() << "</nDatas>"
+     << "<nNacks>" << item.getNOutNacks() << "</nNacks>"
+     << "</outgoingPackets>";
+  os << "</packetCounters>";
+
+  os << "<byteCounters>";
+  os << "<incomingBytes>" << item.getNInBytes() << "</incomingBytes>";
+  os << "<outgoingBytes>" << item.getNOutBytes() << "</outgoingBytes>";
+  os << "</byteCounters>";
+
+  os << "</face>";
+}
+
+void
+FaceModule::formatStatusText(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  os << "Faces:\n";
+  for (const FaceStatus& item : m_status) {
+    this->formatItemText(os, item);
+  }
+}
+
+void
+FaceModule::formatItemText(std::ostream& os, const FaceStatus& item) const
+{
+  os << "  faceid=" << item.getFaceId();
+  os << " remote=" << item.getRemoteUri();
+  os << " local=" << item.getLocalUri();
+
+  if (item.hasExpirationPeriod()) {
+    os << " expires=" << text::formatDuration(item.getExpirationPeriod());
+  }
+
+  os << " counters={in={"
+     << item.getNInInterests() << "i "
+     << item.getNInDatas() << "d "
+     << item.getNInNacks() << "n "
+     << item.getNInBytes() << "B} ";
+  os << "out={"
+     << item.getNOutInterests() << "i "
+     << item.getNOutDatas() << "d "
+     << item.getNOutNacks() << "n "
+     << item.getNOutBytes() << "B}}";
+
+  os << " " << item.getFaceScope();
+  os << " " << item.getFacePersistency();
+  os << " " << item.getLinkType();
+  os << "\n";
+}
+
+} // namespace nfdc
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd