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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 "face/tcp-channel.hpp"
+
+#include "tests/test-common.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(Face)
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(TestTcpChannel, BaseFixture)
+
+// TODO add the equivalent of these test cases from tcp.t.cpp as of commit:65caf200924b28748037750449e28bcb548dbc9c
+// MultipleAccepts
+// FaceClosing
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // TestTcpChannel
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END() // Face
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd