darkfi/src/net/mod.rs

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/// Defines how to decode generic messages as well as implementing the
/// common network messages that are sent between nodes as described
/// by the [`protocol`] submodule.
///
/// Implements a type called `Packet` which is the base message type.
/// Packets are converted into messages and passed to an event loop.
pub mod message;
pub use message::Message;

/// Generic publish/subscribe class that can dispatch any kind of message
/// to a subscribed list of dispatchers. Dispatchers subscribe to a single
/// message format of any type. This is a generalized version of the simple
/// publish-subscribe class in system::Subscriber.
///
/// Message Subsystem also enables the creation of new message subsystems,
/// adding new dispatchers and clearing inactive channels.
///
/// Message Subsystem maintains a list of dispatchers, which is a generalized
/// version of a subscriber. Pub-sub is called on dispatchers through the
/// functions `subscribe` and `notify`. Whereas system::Subscriber only allows
/// messages of a single type, dispatchers can handle any kind of message. This
/// generic message is called a payload and is processed and decoded by the
/// Message Dispatcher.
///
/// The Message Dispatcher is a class of subscribers that implement a generic
/// trait called Message Dispatcher Interface, which allows us to process any
/// kind of payload as a message.
pub mod message_subscriber;
pub use message_subscriber::MessageSubscription;

/// Network transports, holds implementations of pluggable transports.
/// Exposes agnostic dialers and agnostic listeners.
pub mod transport;

/// Hosts are a list of network addresses used when establishing outbound
/// connections. Hosts are shared across the network through the address
/// protocol. When attempting to connect, a node will loop through addresses
/// in the hosts store until it finds ones to connect to.
pub mod hosts;

/// Async channel that handles the sending of messages across the network.
/// Public interface is used to create new channels, to stop and start a
/// channel, and to send messages.
pub mod channel;
pub use channel::ChannelPtr;

/// P2P provides all core functionality to interact with the P2P network.
///
/// Used to create a network, to start and run it, to broadcast messages
/// across all channels, and to manage the channel store.
///
/// The channel store is a hashmap of channel addresses that we can use
/// to add and remove channels or check whether a channel is already in
/// the store.
#[macro_use]
pub mod p2p;
pub use p2p::{P2p, P2pPtr};

/// Defines the networking protocol used at each stage in a connection.
/// Consists of a series of messages that are sent across the network at
/// the different connection stages.
///
/// When a node connects to a network for the first time, it must follow
/// a seed protocol, which provides it with a list of network hosts to
/// connect to. To establish a connection to another node, nodes must send
/// version and version acknowledgement messages. During a connection, nodes
/// continually get address and get-address messages to inform each other
/// about what nodes are on the network. Nodes also send out a ping and pong
/// message which keeps the network from shutting down.
///
/// Protocol submodule also implements a jobs manager that handles the
/// asynchronous execution of the protocols.
pub mod protocol;
pub use protocol::{
    protocol_base::{ProtocolBase, ProtocolBasePtr},
    protocol_jobs_manager::{ProtocolJobsManager, ProtocolJobsManagerPtr},
};

/// Defines the interaction between nodes during a connection.
/// Consists of an inbound session, which describes how to set up an
/// incoming connection, and an outbound session, which describes setting
/// up an outbound connection. Also describes the sesd session, which is
/// the type of connection used when a node connects to the network for
/// the first time. Implements the `Session` trait which describes the
/// common functions across all sessions.
pub mod session;
pub use session::SESSION_ALL;

/// Handles the acceptance of inbound socket connections.
/// Used to start listening on a local socket, to accept incoming connections,
/// and to handle network errors.
pub mod acceptor;

/// Handles the creation of outbound connections.
/// Used to establish an outbound connection.
pub mod connector;

/// Network configuration settings. This holds the configured P2P instance
/// behaviour and is controlled by clients of this API.
pub mod settings;
pub use settings::Settings;