null-face.cpp
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25 
26 #include "null-face.hpp"
27 #include "null-link-service.hpp"
28 #include "null-transport.hpp"
29 
30 namespace nfd::face {
31 
32 shared_ptr<Face>
33 makeNullFace(const FaceUri& uri)
34 {
35  // FIB could restrict creating a nexthop record toward a non-local face in /localhost namespace.
36  // Therefore, NullFace has scope=local to enable creating a "blackhole" FIB entry under /localhost.
37  return make_shared<Face>(make_unique<NullLinkService>(),
38  make_unique<NullTransport>(uri, uri, ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL));
39 }
40 
41 } // namespace nfd::face
shared_ptr< Face > makeNullFace(const FaceUri &uri)
Returns a Face that has no underlying transport and drops every packet.
Definition: null-face.cpp:33