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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2017,  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_TOOLS_MOCK_NFD_MGMT_FIXTURE_HPP
+#define NFD_TESTS_TOOLS_MOCK_NFD_MGMT_FIXTURE_HPP
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/util/dummy-client-face.hpp>
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+#include "tests/identity-management-fixture.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tools {
+namespace tests {
+
+using namespace nfd::tests;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlParameters;
+
+/** \brief fixture to emulate NFD management
+ */
+class MockNfdMgmtFixture : public IdentityManagementTimeFixture
+{
+protected:
+  MockNfdMgmtFixture()
+    : face(g_io, m_keyChain,
+           {true, false, bind(&MockNfdMgmtFixture::processEventsOverride, this, _1)})
+  {
+    face.onSendInterest.connect([=] (const Interest& interest) {
+      g_io.post([=] {
+        if (processInterest != nullptr) {
+          processInterest(interest);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+protected: // ControlCommand
+  /** \brief check the Interest is a command with specified prefix
+   *  \retval nullopt last Interest is not the expected command
+   *  \return command parameters
+   */
+  static ndn::optional<ControlParameters>
+  parseCommand(const Interest& interest, const Name& expectedPrefix)
+  {
+    if (!expectedPrefix.isPrefixOf(interest.getName())) {
+      return ndn::nullopt;
+    }
+    return ControlParameters(interest.getName().at(expectedPrefix.size()).blockFromValue());
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send successful response to a command Interest
+   */
+  void
+  succeedCommand(const Interest& interest, const ControlParameters& parameters)
+  {
+    this->sendCommandReply(interest, 200, "OK", parameters.wireEncode());
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send failure response to a command Interest
+   */
+  void
+  failCommand(const Interest& interest, uint32_t code, const std::string& text)
+  {
+    this->sendCommandReply(interest, {code, text});
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send failure response to a command Interest
+   */
+  void
+  failCommand(const Interest& interest, uint32_t code, const std::string& text, const ControlParameters& body)
+  {
+    this->sendCommandReply(interest, code, text, body.wireEncode());
+  }
+
+protected: // StatusDataset
+  /** \brief send an empty dataset in reply to StatusDataset request
+   *  \param prefix dataset prefix without version and segment
+   *  \pre Interest for dataset has been expressed, sendDataset has not been invoked
+   */
+  void
+  sendEmptyDataset(const Name& prefix)
+  {
+    this->sendDatasetReply(prefix, nullptr, 0);
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send one WireEncodable in reply to StatusDataset request
+   *  \param prefix dataset prefix without version and segment
+   *  \param payload payload block
+   *  \note payload must fit in one Data
+   *  \pre Interest for dataset has been expressed, sendDataset has not been invoked
+   */
+  template<typename T>
+  void
+  sendDataset(const Name& prefix, const T& payload)
+  {
+    BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT((ndn::WireEncodable<T>));
+
+    this->sendDatasetReply(prefix, payload.wireEncode());
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send two WireEncodables in reply to StatusDataset request
+   *  \param prefix dataset prefix without version and segment
+   *  \param payload1 first vector item
+   *  \param payload2 second vector item
+   *  \note all payloads must fit in one Data
+   *  \pre Interest for dataset has been expressed, sendDataset has not been invoked
+   */
+  template<typename T1, typename T2>
+  void
+  sendDataset(const Name& prefix, const T1& payload1, const T2& payload2)
+  {
+    BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT((ndn::WireEncodable<T1>));
+    BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT((ndn::WireEncodable<T2>));
+
+    ndn::encoding::EncodingBuffer buffer;
+    payload2.wireEncode(buffer);
+    payload1.wireEncode(buffer);
+
+    this->sendDatasetReply(prefix, buffer.buf(), buffer.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  virtual void
+  processEventsOverride(time::milliseconds timeout)
+  {
+    if (timeout <= time::milliseconds::zero()) {
+      // give enough time to finish execution
+      timeout = time::seconds(30);
+    }
+    this->advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(100), timeout);
+  }
+
+  void
+  sendCommandReply(const Interest& interest, const ndn::nfd::ControlResponse& resp)
+  {
+    auto data = makeData(interest.getName());
+    data->setContent(resp.wireEncode());
+    face.receive(*data);
+  }
+
+  void
+  sendCommandReply(const Interest& interest, uint32_t code, const std::string& text,
+                   const Block& body)
+  {
+    this->sendCommandReply(interest,
+                           ndn::nfd::ControlResponse(code, text).setBody(body));
+  }
+
+  /** \brief send a payload in reply to StatusDataset request
+   *  \param name dataset prefix without version and segment
+   *  \param contentArgs passed to Data::setContent
+   */
+  template<typename ...ContentArgs>
+  void
+  sendDatasetReply(Name name, ContentArgs&&... contentArgs)
+  {
+    name.appendVersion().appendSegment(0);
+
+    // These warnings assist in debugging when nfdc does not receive StatusDataset.
+    // They usually indicate a misspelled prefix or incorrect timing in the test case.
+    if (face.sentInterests.empty()) {
+      BOOST_WARN_MESSAGE(false, "no Interest expressed");
+    }
+    else {
+      BOOST_WARN_MESSAGE(face.sentInterests.back().getName().isPrefixOf(name),
+                         "last Interest " << face.sentInterests.back().getName() <<
+                         " cannot be satisfied by this Data " << name);
+    }
+
+    auto data = make_shared<Data>(name);
+    data->setFinalBlockId(name[-1]);
+    data->setContent(std::forward<ContentArgs>(contentArgs)...);
+    this->signDatasetReply(*data);
+    face.receive(*data);
+  }
+
+  virtual void
+  signDatasetReply(Data& data)
+  {
+    signData(data);
+  }
+
+protected:
+  ndn::util::DummyClientFace face;
+  std::function<void(const Interest&)> processInterest;
+};
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace tools
+} // namespace nfd
+
+/** \brief require the command in \p interest has expected prefix
+ *  \note This must be used in processInterest lambda, and the Interest must be named 'interest'.
+ *  \return ControlParameters, or nullopt if \p interest does match \p expectedPrefix
+ */
+#define MOCK_NFD_MGMT_REQUIRE_COMMAND_IS(expectedPrefix) \
+  [interest] { \
+    auto params = parseCommand(interest, (expectedPrefix)); \
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_MESSAGE(params, "Interest " << interest.getName() << \
+                          " does not match command prefix " << (expectedPrefix)); \
+    return *params; \
+  } ()
+
+#endif // NFD_TESTS_TOOLS_MOCK_NFD_MGMT_FIXTURE_HPP