Package siena.fwd

Interface and implementation of the Siena forwarding module.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Attribute	interface of an attribute in a message.
Constraint	an elementary constraint over an attribute in a message.
Filter	a logical conjunction of elementary constraints.
ForwardingTable	a generic forwarding table.
MatchHandler	hook for the output function for matching interfaces.
MatchMessageHandler	hook for the output function for matching interfaces.
Message	the primary data unit in Siena, consisting of a set of attributes.
Predicate	a logical disjunction of filters.
Value	Value of an attribute in an event notification.

Class Summary

Class	Description
SFFTable	implementation of the Siena Fast Forwarding (SFF) algorithm.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
BadConstraintException	A forwarding table throws a BadConstraintException when it is given a constraint that it does not understand, typically because the constraint has an unknown operator identifier or because the comparison value has an unknown type.

Package siena.fwd Description

Interface and implementation of the Siena forwarding module. This package includes the interface of the Siena data model, consistting of messages, attributes, predicates, constraints, etc.