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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015,  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_FACE_HISTORY_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_HISTORY_HPP
+
+#include "face/face.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+/** \brief captures signals from Face
+ */
+class FaceHistory : noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  explicit
+  FaceHistory(Face& face)
+    : m_limitedIo(nullptr)
+  {
+    this->construct(face);
+  }
+
+  FaceHistory(Face& face, LimitedIo& limitedIo)
+    : m_limitedIo(&limitedIo)
+  {
+    this->construct(face);
+  }
+
+private:
+  void
+  construct(Face& face)
+  {
+    m_receiveInterestConn = face.onReceiveInterest.connect([this] (const Interest& interest) {
+      this->receivedInterests.push_back(interest);
+      this->afterOp();
+    });
+    m_receiveDataConn = face.onReceiveData.connect([this] (const Data& data) {
+      this->receivedData.push_back(data);
+      this->afterOp();
+    });
+    m_failConn = face.onFail.connect([this] (const std::string& reason) {
+      this->failures.push_back(reason);
+      this->afterOp();
+    });
+  }
+
+  void
+  afterOp()
+  {
+    if (m_limitedIo != nullptr) {
+      m_limitedIo->afterOp();
+    }
+  }
+
+public:
+  std::vector<Interest> receivedInterests;
+  std::vector<Data> receivedData;
+  std::vector<std::string> failures;
+
+private:
+  LimitedIo* m_limitedIo;
+  signal::ScopedConnection m_receiveInterestConn;
+  signal::ScopedConnection m_receiveDataConn;
+  signal::ScopedConnection m_failConn;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_DAEMON_FACE_FACE_HISTORY_HPP