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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/>.
+ */
+
+#include "internal-client-face.hpp"
+#include "internal-face.hpp"
+#include "core/global-io.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-local-control-header.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::receive(const Block& block)
+{
+  if (m_receiveCallback) {
+    m_receiveCallback(block);
+  }
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::close()
+{
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::send(const Block& wire)
+{
+  onSendBlock(wire);
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::send(const Block& header, const Block& payload)
+{
+  ndn::EncodingBuffer encoder(header.size() + payload.size(), header.size() + payload.size());
+  encoder.appendByteArray(header.wire(), header.size());
+  encoder.appendByteArray(payload.wire(), payload.size());
+
+  this->send(encoder.block());
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::pause()
+{
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::Transport::resume()
+{
+}
+
+InternalClientFace::InternalClientFace(const shared_ptr<InternalFace>& face,
+                                       const shared_ptr<InternalClientFace::Transport>& transport,
+                                       ndn::KeyChain& keyChain)
+  : ndn::Face(transport, getGlobalIoService(), keyChain)
+  , m_face(face)
+  , m_transport(transport)
+{
+  construct();
+}
+
+void
+InternalClientFace::construct()
+{
+  m_face->onSendInterest.connect(bind(&InternalClientFace::receive<Interest>, this, _1));
+  m_face->onSendData.connect(bind(&InternalClientFace::receive<Data>, this, _1));
+  m_transport->onSendBlock.connect(bind(&InternalFace::receive, m_face, _1));
+}
+
+shared_ptr<InternalClientFace>
+makeInternalClientFace(const shared_ptr<InternalFace>& face,
+                       ndn::KeyChain& keyChain)
+{
+  auto transport = make_shared<InternalClientFace::Transport>();
+  return shared_ptr<InternalClientFace>(new InternalClientFace(face, transport, keyChain));
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd