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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/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NFD_CORE_MANAGER_BASE_HPP
+#define NFD_CORE_MANAGER_BASE_HPP
+
+#include "common.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/mgmt/dispatcher.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-control-command.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-control-response.hpp>
+#include <ndn-cxx/management/nfd-control-parameters.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+using ndn::mgmt::Dispatcher;
+
+using ndn::nfd::ControlCommand;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlResponse;
+using ndn::nfd::ControlParameters;
+
+/**
+ * @brief a collection of common functions shared by all NFD managers and RIB manager,
+ *        such as communicating with the dispatcher and command validator.
+ */
+class ManagerBase : noncopyable
+{
+public:
+  class Error : public std::runtime_error
+  {
+  public:
+    explicit
+    Error(const std::string& what)
+      : std::runtime_error(what)
+    {
+    }
+  };
+
+public:
+  ManagerBase(Dispatcher& dispatcher,
+              const std::string& module);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PROTECTED: // registrations to the dispatcher
+
+  // difference from mgmt::ControlCommand: accepts nfd::ControlParameters
+  typedef function<void(const ControlCommand& command,
+                        const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+                        const ControlParameters& parameters,
+                        const ndn::mgmt::CommandContinuation done)> ControlCommandHandler;
+
+  template<typename Command>
+  void
+  registerCommandHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                         const ControlCommandHandler& handler);
+
+  void
+  registerStatusDatasetHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                               const ndn::mgmt::StatusDatasetHandler& handler);
+
+  ndn::mgmt::PostNotification
+  registerNotificationStream(const std::string& verb);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PROTECTED: // command validation
+  /**
+   * @brief validate a request for ControlCommand.
+   *
+   * This is called by the dispatcher.
+   *
+   * @pre params != null
+   * @pre typeid(*params) == typeid(ndn::nfd::ControlParameters)
+   *
+   * @param prefix the top prefix
+   * @param interest a request for ControlCommand
+   * @param params the parameters for ControlCommand
+   * @param accept callback of successful validation, take the requester string as a argument
+   * @param reject callback of failure in validation, take the action code as a argument
+   */
+  virtual void
+  authorize(const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+            const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters* params,
+            ndn::mgmt::AcceptContinuation accept,
+            ndn::mgmt::RejectContinuation reject) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief extract a requester from a ControlCommand request
+   *
+   * This is called after the signature is validated.
+   *
+   * @param interest a request for ControlCommand
+   * @param accept callback of successful validation, take the requester string as a argument
+   */
+  void
+  extractRequester(const Interest& interest,
+                   ndn::mgmt::AcceptContinuation accept);
+
+PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PRIVATE: // helpers
+  /**
+   * @brief validate the @p parameters for a given @p command
+   *
+   * @param parameters the original ControlParameters
+   *
+   * @return whether the original ControlParameters can be validated
+   */
+  static bool
+  validateParameters(const nfd::ControlCommand& command,
+                     const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters& parameters);
+
+  /** @brief Handle control command
+   */
+  static void
+  handleCommand(shared_ptr<nfd::ControlCommand> command,
+                const ControlCommandHandler& handler,
+                const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+                const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters& params,
+                ndn::mgmt::CommandContinuation done);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief generate the relative prefix for a handler,
+   *        by appending the verb name to the module name.
+   *
+   * @param verb the verb name
+   *
+   * @return the generated relative prefix
+   */
+  PartialName
+  makeRelPrefix(const std::string& verb);
+
+private:
+  Dispatcher&       m_dispatcher;
+  std::string       m_mgmtModuleName;
+};
+
+inline PartialName
+ManagerBase::makeRelPrefix(const std::string& verb)
+{
+  return PartialName(m_mgmtModuleName).append(verb);
+}
+
+template<typename Command>
+inline void
+ManagerBase::registerCommandHandler(const std::string& verb,
+                                    const ControlCommandHandler& handler)
+{
+  auto command = make_shared<Command>();
+
+  m_dispatcher.addControlCommand<ControlParameters>(
+    makeRelPrefix(verb),
+    bind(&ManagerBase::authorize, this, _1, _2, _3, _4, _5),
+    bind(&ManagerBase::validateParameters, cref(*command), _1),
+    bind(&ManagerBase::handleCommand, command, handler, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd
+
+#endif // NFD_CORE_MANAGER_BASE_HPP