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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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "mgmt/tables-config-section.hpp"
+#include "fw/forwarder.hpp"
+
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+class TablesConfigSectionFixture : protected BaseFixture
+{
+public:
+
+  TablesConfigSectionFixture()
+    : m_cs(m_forwarder.getCs())
+    , m_pit(m_forwarder.getPit())
+    , m_fib(m_forwarder.getFib())
+    , m_strategyChoice(m_forwarder.getStrategyChoice())
+    , m_measurements(m_forwarder.getMeasurements())
+    , m_tablesConfig(m_cs, m_pit, m_fib, m_strategyChoice, m_measurements)
+  {
+    m_tablesConfig.setConfigFile(m_config);
+  }
+
+  void
+  runConfig(const std::string& CONFIG, bool isDryRun)
+  {
+    m_config.parse(CONFIG, isDryRun, "dummy-config");
+  }
+
+  bool
+  validateException(const ConfigFile::Error& exception, const std::string& expectedMsg)
+  {
+    return exception.what() == expectedMsg;
+  }
+
+protected:
+  Forwarder m_forwarder;
+
+  Cs& m_cs;
+  Pit& m_pit;
+  Fib& m_fib;
+  StrategyChoice& m_strategyChoice;
+  Measurements& m_measurements;
+
+  TablesConfigSection m_tablesConfig;
+  ConfigFile m_config;
+
+};
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(TestTableConfigSection, TablesConfigSectionFixture)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EmptyTablesSection)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "tables\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  const size_t nCsMaxPackets = m_cs.getLimit();
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(runConfig(CONFIG, true));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_cs.getLimit(), nCsMaxPackets);
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(runConfig(CONFIG, false));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_cs.getLimit(), nCsMaxPackets);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ValidCsMaxPackets)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "tables\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  cs_max_packets 101\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NE(m_cs.getLimit(), 101);
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(runConfig(CONFIG, true));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(m_cs.getLimit(), 101);
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_NO_THROW(runConfig(CONFIG, false));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_cs.getLimit(), 101);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MissingValueCsMaxPackets)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "tables\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  cs_max_packets\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  const std::string expectedMsg =
+    "Invalid value for option \"cs_max_packets\" in \"tables\" section";
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION(runConfig(CONFIG, true),
+                        ConfigFile::Error,
+                        bind(&TablesConfigSectionFixture::validateException,
+                             this, _1, expectedMsg));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(InvalidValueCsMaxPackets)
+{
+  const std::string CONFIG =
+    "tables\n"
+    "{\n"
+    "  cs_max_packets invalid\n"
+    "}\n";
+
+  const std::string expectedMsg =
+    "Invalid value for option \"cs_max_packets\" in \"tables\" section";
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION(runConfig(CONFIG, true),
+                        ConfigFile::Error,
+                        bind(&TablesConfigSectionFixture::validateException,
+                             this, _1, expectedMsg));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd