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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Regents of the University of California
+ *                     Alexander Afanasyev
+ *
+ * BSD license, See the LICENSE file for more information
+ *
+ * Author: Alexander Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+ */
+
+#include "ndn-cpp/fields/exclude.h"
+#include "ndn-cpp/error.h"
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
+using namespace ndn;
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(ExcludeTests)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Basic)
+{
+  Exclude e;
+  e.excludeOne (string ("b"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "b ");
+
+  e.excludeOne (string ("d"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "b d ");
+
+  e.excludeOne (string ("a"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "a b d ");
+
+  e.excludeOne (string ("aa"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "a b d aa ");
+
+  e.excludeOne (string ("cc"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 5);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "a b d aa cc ");
+
+  e.excludeOne (string ("c"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 6);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "a b c d aa cc ");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Ranges)
+{
+// example: ANY /b /d ANY /f
+
+  Exclude e;
+  e.excludeOne (string ("b0"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), "b0 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (name::Component (), string ("b1"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> b1 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (name::Component (), string ("c0"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> c0 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (string ("a0"), string ("c0"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> c0 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (string ("d0"), string ("e0"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> c0 d0 ----> e0 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (string ("c1"), string ("d1"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 4);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> c0 c1 ----> e0 ");
+
+  e.excludeRange (string ("a1"), string ("d1"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> e0 ");
+
+  e.excludeBefore (string ("e2"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> e2 ");
+
+  e.excludeAfter (string ("f0"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> e2 f0 ----> ");
+
+  e.excludeAfter (string ("e5"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 3);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> e2 e5 ----> ");
+
+  e.excludeAfter (string ("b2"));
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (e.size (), 1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (lexical_cast<string> (e), " ----> ");
+
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_THROW (e.excludeRange (string ("d0"), string ("a0")), error::Exclude);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()