Struct PeerSamplingService 

pub struct PeerSamplingService { /* private fields */ }

Peer sampling service to by used by application

Implementations

impl PeerSamplingService

pub fn new(config: Config) -> PeerSamplingService

Create a new peer sampling service with provided parameters

Arguments

• config - The parameters for the peer sampling protocol

pub fn init(&mut self, initial_peer: Box<dyn FnOnce() -> Option<Peer>>)

Initializes service

Arguments

• initial_peer - A closure returning the initial peer for starting the protocol

pub fn get_peer(&mut self) -> Option<Peer>

Returns a random peer for the client application. The peer is pseudo-random peer from the set of all peers. The local view is built using [Gossip-Based Peer Sampling].

pub fn shutdown(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>>

Stops the threads related to peer sampling activity