star

Documentation

Overview

Package star implements a new, experimental protocol called "STAR". This is like the BUS protocol, except that each member of the network automatically forwards any message it receives to any other peers. In a star network, this means that all members should receive all messages, assuming that there is a central server. Its important to ensure that the topology is free from cycles, as there is limited protection against that, and cycles can lead to significant message duplication.

Index

• Constants
• func NewProtocol() protocol.Protocol
• func NewSocket() (protocol.Socket, error)

Constants

const (
	Self     = protocol.ProtoStar
	Peer     = protocol.ProtoStar
	SelfName = "star"
	PeerName = "star"
)

Protocol identity information.

Functions

func NewProtocol

func NewProtocol() protocol.Protocol

NewProtocol returns a new protocol implementation.

func NewSocket

func NewSocket() (protocol.Socket, error)

NewSocket allocates a new Socket using the STAR protocol.