Struct rust_ipv8::IPv8

pub struct IPv8 {
    pub config: Config,
    pub network_receiver: NetworkReceiver,
    pub network_sender: NetworkSender,
    pub communities: CommunityRegistry,
}

The IPv8 instance. This struct is how you can interact with the network.

To create a new IPv8 instance with the default configuration do this:

use rust_ipv8::IPv8;
use rust_ipv8::configuration::Config;

let ipv8 = IPv8::new(Config::default());

Fields

config: Config

Defines the config used forIPv8

network_receiver: NetworkReceiver

The network receiver which forwards the packets to the correct communities

network_sender: NetworkSender

The sender used for sending packets over the network

communities: CommunityRegistry

The registry containing all the communities

Methods

impl IPv8

pub fn new(config: Config) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>>

Creates a new instance of the ipv8 struct

pub fn start(self)

Starts ipv8 to actually listen for packets