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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 "status.hpp"
+#include "forwarder-general-module.hpp"
+#include "channel-module.hpp"
+#include "face-module.hpp"
+#include "fib-module.hpp"
+#include "rib-module.hpp"
+#include "strategy-choice-module.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/validator-null.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace nfdc {
+
+int
+reportStatus(ExecuteContext& ctx, const StatusReportOptions& options)
+{
+  unique_ptr<Validator> validator = make_unique<ndn::ValidatorNull>();
+  CommandOptions ctrlOptions;
+
+  StatusReport report;
+
+  if (options.wantForwarderGeneral) {
+    auto nfdIdCollector = make_unique<NfdIdCollector>(std::move(validator));
+    auto forwarderGeneralModule = make_unique<ForwarderGeneralModule>();
+    forwarderGeneralModule->setNfdIdCollector(*nfdIdCollector);
+    report.sections.push_back(std::move(forwarderGeneralModule));
+    validator = std::move(nfdIdCollector);
+  }
+
+  if (options.wantChannels) {
+    report.sections.push_back(make_unique<ChannelModule>());
+  }
+
+  if (options.wantFaces) {
+    report.sections.push_back(make_unique<FaceModule>());
+  }
+
+  if (options.wantFib) {
+    report.sections.push_back(make_unique<FibModule>());
+  }
+
+  if (options.wantRib) {
+    report.sections.push_back(make_unique<RibModule>());
+  }
+
+  if (options.wantStrategyChoice) {
+    report.sections.push_back(make_unique<StrategyChoiceModule>());
+  }
+
+  uint32_t code = report.collect(ctx.face, ctx.keyChain, *validator, ctrlOptions);
+  if (code != 0) {
+    // Give a simple error code for end user.
+    // Technical support personnel:
+    // 1. get the exact command from end user
+    // 2. code div 1000000 is zero-based section index
+    // 3. code mod 1000000 is a Controller.fetch error code
+    std::cerr << "Error while collecting status report (" << code << ").\n";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  switch (options.output) {
+    case ReportFormat::XML:
+      report.formatXml(std::cout);
+      break;
+    case ReportFormat::TEXT:
+      report.formatText(std::cout);
+      break;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/** \brief single-section status command
+ */
+static int
+reportStatusSingleSection(ExecuteContext& ctx, bool StatusReportOptions::*wantSection)
+{
+  StatusReportOptions options;
+  options.*wantSection = true;
+  return reportStatus(ctx, options);
+}
+
+/** \brief the 'status report' command
+ */
+static int
+reportStatusComprehensive(ExecuteContext& ctx)
+{
+  StatusReportOptions options;
+  options.output = ctx.args.get<ReportFormat>("format", ReportFormat::TEXT);
+  options.wantForwarderGeneral = options.wantChannels = options.wantFaces =
+    options.wantFib = options.wantRib = options.wantStrategyChoice = true;
+  return reportStatus(ctx, options);
+}
+
+void
+registerStatusCommands(CommandParser& parser)
+{
+  CommandDefinition defStatusReport("status", "report");
+  defStatusReport
+    .setTitle("print NFD status report")
+    .addArg("format", ArgValueType::REPORT_FORMAT, Required::NO, Positional::YES);
+  parser.addCommand(defStatusReport, &reportStatusComprehensive);
+
+  CommandDefinition defStatusShow("status", "show");
+  defStatusShow
+    .setTitle("print general status");
+  parser.addCommand(defStatusShow, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantForwarderGeneral));
+  parser.addAlias("status", "show", "list");
+
+  CommandDefinition defFaceList("face", "list");
+  defFaceList
+    .setTitle("print face list");
+  parser.addCommand(defFaceList, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantFaces));
+
+  CommandDefinition defChannelList("channel", "list");
+  defChannelList
+    .setTitle("print channel list");
+  parser.addCommand(defChannelList, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantChannels));
+
+  CommandDefinition defStrategyList("strategy", "list");
+  defStrategyList
+    .setTitle("print strategy choices");
+  parser.addCommand(defStrategyList, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantStrategyChoice));
+
+  CommandDefinition defFibList("fib", "list");
+  defFibList
+    .setTitle("print FIB entries");
+  parser.addCommand(defFibList, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantFib));
+
+  CommandDefinition defRouteList("route", "list");
+  defRouteList
+    .setTitle("print RIB entries");
+  parser.addCommand(defRouteList, bind(&reportStatusSingleSection, _1, &StatusReportOptions::wantRib));
+}
+
+} // namespace nfdc
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd