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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 "manager-common-fixture.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+ManagerCommonFixture::ManagerCommonFixture()
+  : m_face(ndn::util::makeDummyClientFace(UnitTestTimeFixture::g_io, {true, true}))
+  , m_dispatcher(*m_face, m_keyChain, ndn::security::SigningInfo())
+  , m_responses(m_face->sentDatas)
+  , m_identityName("/unit-test/ManagerCommonFixture/identity")
+  , m_certificate(m_keyChain.getCertificate(m_keyChain.createIdentity(m_identityName)))
+{
+}
+
+void
+ManagerCommonFixture::setTopPrefix(const Name& topPrefix)
+{
+  m_dispatcher.addTopPrefix(topPrefix); // such that all filters are added
+  advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(1));
+}
+
+shared_ptr<Interest>
+ManagerCommonFixture::makeControlCommandRequest(Name commandName,
+                                                const ControlParameters& parameters,
+                                                const InterestHandler& beforeSigning)
+{
+  shared_ptr<Interest> command = makeInterest(commandName.append(parameters.wireEncode()));
+
+  if (beforeSigning != nullptr) {
+    beforeSigning(command);
+  }
+
+  m_keyChain.sign(*command, ndn::security::SigningInfo(ndn::security::SigningInfo::SIGNER_TYPE_ID,
+                                                       m_identityName));
+  return command;
+}
+
+void
+ManagerCommonFixture::receiveInterest(shared_ptr<Interest> interest)
+{
+  m_face->receive<Interest>(*interest);
+  advanceClocks(time::milliseconds(1));
+}
+
+ControlResponse
+ManagerCommonFixture::makeResponse(uint32_t code, const std::string& text,
+                                   const ControlParameters& parameters)
+{
+  return ControlResponse(code, text).setBody(parameters.wireEncode());
+}
+
+ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult
+ManagerCommonFixture::checkResponse(size_t idx,
+                                    const Name& expectedName,
+                                    const ControlResponse& expectedResponse,
+                                    int expectedContentType /*= -1*/)
+{
+  Data data;
+  try {
+    data = m_responses.at(idx);
+  }
+  catch (const std::out_of_range&) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::OUT_OF_BOUNDARY;
+  }
+
+  if (data.getName() != expectedName) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_NAME;
+  }
+
+  if (expectedContentType != -1 &&
+      data.getContentType() != static_cast<uint32_t>(expectedContentType)) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE;
+  }
+
+  ControlResponse response;
+  try {
+    response.wireDecode(data.getContent().blockFromValue());
+  }
+  catch (const tlv::Error&) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::INVALID_RESPONSE;
+  }
+
+  if (response.getCode() != expectedResponse.getCode()) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CODE;
+  }
+
+  if (response.getText() != expectedResponse.getText()) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_TEXT;
+  }
+
+  const Block& body = response.getBody();
+  const Block& expectedBody = expectedResponse.getBody();
+  if (body.value_size() != expectedBody.value_size()) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_SIZE;
+  }
+  if (body.value_size() > 0 && memcmp(body.value(), expectedBody.value(), body.value_size()) != 0) {
+    return CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_VALUE;
+  }
+
+  return CheckResponseResult::OK;
+}
+
+Block
+ManagerCommonFixture::concatenateResponses(size_t startIndex, size_t nResponses)
+{
+  auto isFinalSegment = [] (const Data& data) -> bool {
+    const name::Component& lastComponent = data.getName().at(-1);
+    return !lastComponent.isSegment() || lastComponent == data.getFinalBlockId();
+  };
+
+  while (!isFinalSegment(m_responses.back())) {
+    const Name& name = m_responses.back().getName();
+    Name prefix = name.getPrefix(-1);
+    uint64_t segmentNo = name.at(-1).toSegment() + 1;
+    // request for the next segment
+    receiveInterest(makeInterest(prefix.appendSegment(segmentNo)));
+  }
+
+  size_t endIndex = startIndex + nResponses; // not included
+  if (nResponses == startIndex || endIndex > m_responses.size()) {
+    endIndex = m_responses.size();
+  }
+
+  ndn::EncodingBuffer encoder;
+  size_t valueLength = 0;
+  for (size_t i = startIndex; i < endIndex ; i ++) {
+    valueLength += encoder.appendByteArray(m_responses[i].getContent().value(),
+                                           m_responses[i].getContent().value_size());
+  }
+  encoder.prependVarNumber(valueLength);
+  encoder.prependVarNumber(tlv::Content);
+  return encoder.block();
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult& result)
+{
+  switch (result) {
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::OK:
+    os << "OK";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::OUT_OF_BOUNDARY:
+    os << "OUT_OF_BOUNDARY";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_NAME:
+    os << "WRONG_NAME";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE:
+    os << "WRONG_CONTENT_TYPE";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::INVALID_RESPONSE:
+    os << "INVALID_RESPONSE";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_CODE:
+    os << "WRONG_CODE";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_TEXT:
+    os << "WRONG_TEXT";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_SIZE:
+    os << "WRONG_BODY_SIZE";
+    break;
+  case ManagerCommonFixture::CheckResponseResult::WRONG_BODY_VALUE:
+    os << "WRONG_BODY_VALUE";
+    break;
+  default:
+    break;
+  };
+
+  return os;
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd