[ndnSIM] Implementing My Own Cache Policy

[Kanin Assantachai]

Hello all,

After I have read through documentations of ndnSIM 1.0, especially the 
source codes of the provided basic cache policies, I have some questions 
about them as well as questions about trying to create my own cache 
policy  as follows.

1. Referring to the source code of LRU policy (lru-policy.h), what are 
the roles (functions) of codes from line 39 to line 47? I have crossed 
check with the code of empty policy (empty-policy.h) and I found that 
such codes are not necessary for the case of policy that does not 
implement any algorithm.

2. From line 89 to 96 of the same file (lru-policy.h), the "lookup" 
function is implemented there. Why doesn't it handle the case of cache 
miss? Based on the code, it seems to me that this case is not handled at 
all.

3. It seems to me that the "policy_container" in the code serves as a 
cache storage (list). In that case, how can I check for the list of 
available functions I can call? I wonder if there are functions I can 
use to access specific orders of cached objects in the list. Is there a 
way to set IDE to automatically display a list of possible related 
functions?

4. This question is about the policy I would like to implement. How can 
I make nodes automatically send messages about some of the contents of 
their stored cache objects to next neighbor nodes? Is it better to 
implement this detail in the same cache policy file or different files 
at different levels? Please kindly provide some suggestions.

Thank you for your responses in advance.

Kanin Assantachai