Algorithms¶

Searching¶

For a functional description see here : Functional definition

Peer ID¶

Each peer owns a peer id which is unique and generated during the first start. This ID is used to identify a peer, it's better than the previous usage of peer IP, considering this situation :

• A put in queue a file entry f from B, B doesn't know the hashes of this file entry.
• B change his IP address.
• A want to download f, it can ask B for the hashes even B's IP changed.

Core threads¶

There are three kind of threads in the core :

• Downloading thread : DownloadManager::ChunkDownloader
• Uploading thread : UploadManager::Uploader
• Updating file cache thread : FileManager::FileUpdater

Downloading¶

See here : Protocol_core-core