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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 "forwarder-general-module.hpp"
+#include "format-helpers.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfdc {
+
+ForwarderGeneralModule::ForwarderGeneralModule()
+  : m_nfdIdCollector(nullptr)
+{
+}
+
+void
+ForwarderGeneralModule::fetchStatus(Controller& controller,
+                                    const function<void()>& onSuccess,
+                                    const Controller::CommandFailCallback& onFailure,
+                                    const CommandOptions& options)
+{
+  controller.fetch<ndn::nfd::ForwarderGeneralStatusDataset>(
+    [this, onSuccess] (const ForwarderStatus& result) {
+      m_status = result;
+      onSuccess();
+    },
+    onFailure, options);
+}
+
+static time::system_clock::Duration
+calculateUptime(const ForwarderStatus& status)
+{
+  return status.getCurrentTimestamp() - status.getStartTimestamp();
+}
+
+const Name&
+ForwarderGeneralModule::getNfdId() const
+{
+  if (m_nfdIdCollector != nullptr && m_nfdIdCollector->hasNfdId()) {
+    return m_nfdIdCollector->getNfdId();
+  }
+
+  static Name unavailable("/nfdId-unavailable");
+  return unavailable;
+}
+
+void
+ForwarderGeneralModule::formatStatusXml(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  this->formatItemXml(os, m_status, this->getNfdId());
+}
+
+void
+ForwarderGeneralModule::formatItemXml(std::ostream& os, const ForwarderStatus& item,
+                                      const Name& nfdId) const
+{
+  os << "<generalStatus>";
+
+  os << "<nfdId>" << nfdId << "</nfdId>";
+  os << "<version>" << xml::Text{item.getNfdVersion()} << "</version>";
+  os << "<startTime>" << xml::formatTimestamp(item.getStartTimestamp()) << "</startTime>";
+  os << "<currentTime>" << xml::formatTimestamp(item.getCurrentTimestamp()) << "</currentTime>";
+  os << "<uptime>" << xml::formatDuration(calculateUptime(item)) << "</uptime>";
+
+  os << "<nNameTreeEntries>" << item.getNNameTreeEntries() << "</nNameTreeEntries>";
+  os << "<nFibEntries>" << item.getNFibEntries() << "</nFibEntries>";
+  os << "<nPitEntries>" << item.getNPitEntries() << "</nPitEntries>";
+  os << "<nMeasurementsEntries>" << item.getNMeasurementsEntries() << "</nMeasurementsEntries>";
+  os << "<nCsEntries>" << item.getNCsEntries() << "</nCsEntries>";
+
+  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 << "</generalStatus>";
+}
+
+void
+ForwarderGeneralModule::formatStatusText(std::ostream& os) const
+{
+  os << "General NFD status:\n";
+  this->formatItemText(os, m_status, this->getNfdId());
+}
+
+void
+ForwarderGeneralModule::formatItemText(std::ostream& os, const ForwarderStatus& item,
+                                       const Name& nfdId) const
+{
+  os << "                 nfdId=" << nfdId << "\n";
+  os << "               version=" << item.getNfdVersion() << "\n";
+  os << "             startTime=" << text::formatTimestamp(item.getStartTimestamp()) << "\n";
+  os << "           currentTime=" << text::formatTimestamp(item.getCurrentTimestamp()) << "\n";
+  os << "                uptime=" << text::formatDuration(calculateUptime(item), true) << "\n";
+
+  os << "      nNameTreeEntries=" << item.getNNameTreeEntries() << "\n";
+  os << "           nFibEntries=" << item.getNFibEntries() << "\n";
+  os << "           nPitEntries=" << item.getNPitEntries() << "\n";
+  os << "  nMeasurementsEntries=" << item.getNMeasurementsEntries() << "\n";
+  os << "            nCsEntries=" << item.getNCsEntries() << "\n";
+
+  os << "          nInInterests=" << item.getNInInterests() << "\n";
+  os << "         nOutInterests=" << item.getNOutInterests() << "\n";
+  os << "              nInDatas=" << item.getNInDatas() << "\n";
+  os << "             nOutDatas=" << item.getNOutDatas() << "\n";
+  os << "              nInNacks=" << item.getNInNacks() << "\n";
+  os << "             nOutNacks=" << item.getNOutNacks() << "\n";
+}
+
+NfdIdCollector::NfdIdCollector(unique_ptr<ndn::Validator> inner)
+  : m_inner(std::move(inner))
+  , m_hasNfdId(false)
+{
+  BOOST_ASSERT(m_inner != nullptr);
+}
+
+const Name&
+NfdIdCollector::getNfdId() const
+{
+  if (!m_hasNfdId) {
+    BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(std::runtime_error("NfdId is unavailable"));
+  }
+
+  return m_nfdId;
+}
+
+void
+NfdIdCollector::checkPolicy(const Data& data, int nSteps,
+                            const ndn::OnDataValidated& accept,
+                            const ndn::OnDataValidationFailed& reject,
+                            std::vector<shared_ptr<ndn::ValidationRequest>>& nextSteps)
+{
+  ndn::OnDataValidated accepted = [this, accept] (const shared_ptr<const Data>& data) {
+    accept(data); // pass the Data to Validator user's validated callback
+
+    if (m_hasNfdId) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const ndn::Signature& sig = data->getSignature();
+    if (!sig.hasKeyLocator()) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const ndn::KeyLocator& kl = sig.getKeyLocator();
+    if (kl.getType() != ndn::KeyLocator::KeyLocator_Name) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    m_nfdId = kl.getName();
+    m_hasNfdId = true;
+  };
+
+  BOOST_ASSERT(nSteps == 0);
+  m_inner->validate(data, accepted, reject);
+}
+
+} // namespace nfdc
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd