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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/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NDN_MGMT_CONTROL_RESPONSE_HPP
+#define NDN_MGMT_CONTROL_RESPONSE_HPP
+
+#include "../encoding/block.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+namespace mgmt {
+
+/** \brief ControlCommand response
+ */
+class ControlResponse
+{
+public:
+  class Error : public tlv::Error
+  {
+  public:
+    explicit
+    Error(const std::string& what)
+      : tlv::Error(what)
+    {
+    }
+  };
+
+  ControlResponse();
+
+  ControlResponse(uint32_t code, const std::string& text);
+
+  explicit
+  ControlResponse(const Block& block);
+
+  uint32_t
+  getCode() const;
+
+  ControlResponse&
+  setCode(uint32_t code);
+
+  const std::string&
+  getText() const;
+
+  ControlResponse&
+  setText(const std::string& text);
+
+  const Block&
+  getBody() const;
+
+  ControlResponse&
+  setBody(const Block& body);
+
+  const Block&
+  wireEncode() const;
+
+  void
+  wireDecode(const Block& block);
+
+protected:
+  uint32_t m_code;
+  std::string m_text;
+  Block m_body;
+
+  mutable Block m_wire;
+};
+
+inline uint32_t
+ControlResponse::getCode() const
+{
+  return m_code;
+}
+
+inline ControlResponse&
+ControlResponse::setCode(uint32_t code)
+{
+  m_code = code;
+  m_wire.reset();
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline const std::string&
+ControlResponse::getText() const
+{
+  return m_text;
+}
+
+inline ControlResponse&
+ControlResponse::setText(const std::string& text)
+{
+  m_text = text;
+  m_wire.reset();
+  return *this;
+}
+
+inline const Block&
+ControlResponse::getBody() const
+{
+  return m_body;
+}
+
+inline ControlResponse&
+ControlResponse::setBody(const Block& body)
+{
+  m_body = body;
+  m_body.encode(); // will do nothing if already encoded
+  m_wire.reset();
+  return *this;
+}
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const ControlResponse& response);
+
+} // namespace mgmt
+} // namespace ndn
+
+#endif // NDN_MGMT_CONTRO_RESPONSE_HPP