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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Regents of the University of California.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NDNS (Named Data Networking Domain Name Service).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NDNS authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NDNS 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.
+ *
+ * NDNS 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
+ * NDNS, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "../boost-test.hpp"
+
+#include "db/zone-mgr.hpp"
+#include "zone.hpp"
+
+//#include <ndn-cxx/name.hpp>
+namespace ndn {
+namespace ndns {
+namespace tests {
+
+using namespace std;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(zoneMgr)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(db)
+{
+  string label = "zoneMgr::db";
+  printbegin(label);
+  Zone zone;
+  zone.setAuthorizedName(Name("/net"));
+  zone.setId(11);
+
+  ZoneMgr mgr(zone); //the construction will lookup zone.id, /net's id is 2
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mgr.getZone().getId(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(zone.getId(), 2);
+
+
+  zone.setId(11);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mgr.getZone().getId(), 11);
+
+  zone.setId(12);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mgr.getZone().getId(), 12);
+
+  mgr.lookupId();
+  cout<<"zone.name="<<mgr.getZone().getAuthorizedName()<<endl;
+  cout<<"zone.id="<<mgr.getZone().getId()<<endl;
+  cout<<"zone.id="<<mgr.getZone().getId()<<endl;
+  cout<<"&zone="<<&zone<<endl;
+  cout<<"&mgr.getZone()"<<&(mgr.getZone())<<endl;
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(mgr.getZone().getId(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(zone.getId(), 2);
+
+  printend(label);
+}
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace ndns
+} // namespace ndn