Message SearchResponseMessage

File: Overlay/Gia/GiaMessage.msg

Search response message

Author: Robert Palmer

Inheritance diagram:

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Extends:

GiaIDMessage

A GiaMessage extended by an unique ID-Field

Author: Robert Palmer

Fields:

Name Type Description
searchKey OverlayKey

searched key
reversePath OverlayKey[]

vector containing all remaining nodes which the search message passed
foundNode GiaNode

this node contains the searched key
searchHopCount int

how many hops from foundNode to the originator of the search message were necessary

Source code:

message SearchResponseMessage extends GiaIDMessage
{
   fields:
   	OverlayKey searchKey;		// searched key
	OverlayKey reversePath[];	// vector containing all remaining nodes which the search message passed
	GiaNode foundNode;		// this node contains the searched key
	int searchHopCount;		// how many hops from foundNode to the originator of the search message were necessary
};