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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 NDNS (Named Data Networking Domain Name Service) and is
+ * based on the code written as part of NFD (Named Data Networking Daemon).
+ * 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 "test-common.hpp"
+
+#include <ndn-cxx/security/signature-sha256-with-rsa.hpp>
+
+namespace ndn {
+namespace ndns {
+namespace tests {
+
+shared_ptr<Interest>
+makeInterest(const Name& name, uint32_t nonce)
+{
+  auto interest = make_shared<Interest>(name);
+  if (nonce != 0) {
+    interest->setNonce(nonce);
+  }
+  return interest;
+}
+
+shared_ptr<Data>
+makeData(const Name& name)
+{
+  auto data = make_shared<Data>(name);
+  return signData(data);
+}
+
+Data&
+signData(Data& data)
+{
+  ndn::SignatureSha256WithRsa fakeSignature;
+  fakeSignature.setValue(ndn::encoding::makeEmptyBlock(tlv::SignatureValue));
+  data.setSignature(fakeSignature);
+  data.wireEncode();
+
+  return data;
+}
+
+shared_ptr<Link>
+makeLink(const Name& name, std::initializer_list<std::pair<uint32_t, Name>> delegations)
+{
+  auto link = make_shared<Link>(name, delegations);
+  signData(link);
+  return link;
+}
+
+lp::Nack
+makeNack(const Name& name, uint32_t nonce, lp::NackReason reason)
+{
+  Interest interest(name);
+  interest.setNonce(nonce);
+  lp::Nack nack(std::move(interest));
+  nack.setReason(reason);
+  return nack;
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace ndns
+} // namespace ndn