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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 "nfd-manager-base.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+NfdManagerBase::NfdManagerBase(Dispatcher& dispatcher,
+                               CommandValidator& validator,
+                               const std::string& module)
+  : ManagerBase(dispatcher, module)
+  , m_validator(validator)
+{
+  m_validator.addSupportedPrivilege(module);
+}
+
+void
+NfdManagerBase::authorize(const Name& prefix, const Interest& interest,
+                          const ndn::mgmt::ControlParameters* params,
+                          ndn::mgmt::AcceptContinuation accept,
+                          ndn::mgmt::RejectContinuation reject)
+{
+  BOOST_ASSERT(params != nullptr);
+  BOOST_ASSERT(typeid(*params) == typeid(ndn::nfd::ControlParameters));
+
+  m_validator.validate(interest,
+                       bind([&interest, this, accept] { extractRequester(interest, accept); }),
+                       bind([reject] { reject(ndn::mgmt::RejectReply::STATUS403); }));
+}
+
+} // namespace nfd