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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/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACTORY_TEST_COMMON_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACTORY_TEST_COMMON_HPP
+
+#include "face/protocol-factory.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+struct CreateFaceExpectedResult
+{
+  enum { FAILURE, SUCCESS } result;
+  uint32_t status;
+  std::string reason;
+};
+
+inline void
+createFace(ProtocolFactory& factory,
+           const FaceUri& uri,
+           ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
+           const CreateFaceExpectedResult& expected)
+{
+  factory.createFace(uri, persistency,
+                     [expected] (const shared_ptr<Face>& newFace) {
+                       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(CreateFaceExpectedResult::SUCCESS, expected.result);
+                     },
+                     [expected] (uint32_t actualStatus, const std::string& actualReason) {
+                       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(CreateFaceExpectedResult::FAILURE, expected.result);
+                       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(actualStatus, expected.status);
+                       BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(actualReason, expected.reason);
+                     });
+}
+
+inline void
+failIfError(uint32_t status, const std::string& reason) {
+  BOOST_FAIL("No error expected, but got: [" << status << ": " << reason << "]");
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACTORY_TEST_COMMON_HPP