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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/wire/ccnb.h"
+#include "ndn-cpp/interest.h"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
+
+#include "logging.h"
+
+using namespace ndn;
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(InterestTests)
+
+static const string Interest1 ("\x01\xD2\xF2\x00\x05\x9A\x8E\x32\x00\x05\xA2\x8E\x32\x00\x05\xAA\x8E\x31\x00\x02"
+                               "\xFA\x8E\x34\x00\x02\xD2\x8E\x30\x00\x03\x82\x95\xA0\x00\x00\x00",
+                               36);
+
+static const string Interest2 ("\x01\xD2\xF2\x00\x05\x9A\x8E\x32\x00\x05\xA2\x8E\x32\x00\x03\x82\x95\xA0\x00\x00"
+                               "\x00",
+                               21);
+
+static const string Interest3 ("\x01\xD2\xF2\x00\x05\x9A\x8E\x32\x00\x05\xA2\x8E\x32\x00\x02\xDA\xFA\xA5\x61\x6C" \
+                               "\x65\x78\x00\xFA\xC5\x7A\x68\x65\x6E\x6B\x61\x69\x30\x00\xEA\x00\xFA\xC5\x7A\x68" \
+                               "\x65\x6E\x6B\x61\x69\x31\x00\xFA\x01\x8D\x6C\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F" \
+                               "\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6F\x6E\x67\x00\xEA\x00\x00\x05\xAA\x8E\x31\x00\x02\xFA\x8E\x34" \
+                               "\x00\x02\xD2\x8E\x30\x00\x03\x82\x95\xA0\x00\x00\x00", 93);
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Basic)
+{
+  INIT_LOGGERS ();
+  
+  Interest i;
+  i.setName (Name ("/test"));
+  i.setMinSuffixComponents (2);
+  i.setMaxSuffixComponents (2);
+  i.setInterestLifetime (posix_time::seconds (10));
+  i.setScope (Interest::SCOPE_LOCAL_CCND);
+  i.setAnswerOriginKind (Interest::AOK_STALE);
+  i.setChildSelector (Interest::CHILD_RIGHT);
+  // i.setPublisherPublicKeyDigest (?);
+
+  ostringstream os;
+  wire::Ccnb::appendInterest (os, i);
+  string Interest0 = os.str ();
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS (Interest0.begin (), Interest0.end (),
+                                 Interest1.begin (), Interest1.end ());
+
+  i.getExclude ().excludeOne (name::Component ("alex"));
+  i.getExclude ().excludeRange (name::Component ("zhenkai0"), name::Component("zhenkai1"));
+  i.getExclude ().excludeAfter (name::Component ("loooooooooooooong"));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (boost::lexical_cast<string> (i.getExclude ()), "alex zhenkai0 ----> zhenkai1 loooooooooooooong ----> ");
+
+  os.str (""); os.clear ();
+  wire::Ccnb::appendInterest (os, i);
+  Interest0 = os.str ();
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS (Interest0.begin (), Interest0.end (),
+                                 Interest3.begin (), Interest3.end ());
+}
+
+// BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Charbuf)
+// {
+//   INIT_LOGGERS ();
+
+//   Interest i;
+//   i.setName (Name ("/test"));
+//   i.setMinSuffixComponents (2);
+//   i.setMaxSuffixComponents (2);
+//   i.setInterestLifetime (posix_time::seconds (10));
+
+//   charbuf_stream stream;
+//   wire::Ccnb::appendInterest (stream, i);
+
+//   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS (reinterpret_cast<char*> (stream.buf ().getBuf ()->buf),
+//                                  reinterpret_cast<char*> (stream.buf ().getBuf ()->buf+stream.buf ().getBuf ()->length),
+//                                  Interest2.begin (), Interest2.end ());
+  
+// }
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()