mgmt

Documentation

Overview

Package mgmt defines interface of forwarder management features.

Index

• type Client
• type Face

Types

type Client

type Client interface {
	io.Closer

	// OpenFace creates a face connected to the current application.
	OpenFace() (Face, error)
}

Client provides access to forwarder management features for the application.

type Face

type Face interface {
	// ID returns face identifier.
	ID() string

	// Face returns an l3.Face.
	Face() l3.Face

	// Close requests the face to be closed.
	Close() error

	// Advertise advertises a prefix announcement.
	// It causes the connected forwarder to start delivering Interests matching this prefix to this face.
	// Advertising the same name more than once is not an error but has no effect.
	Advertise(name ndn.Name) error

	// Withdraw removes a route.
	// It causes the connected forwarder to stop delivering Interests matching this prefix to this face.
	// Withdrawing an unadvertised name is not an error but has no effect.
	Withdraw(name ndn.Name) error
}

Face represents a face.