[Nfd-dev] Fetching data that NFD has overheard

[Junxiao Shi]

Hi Spyros


> The straightforward way would be to add the app's face to the incoming
> faces of the Interest’s PIT entry, so that NFD forwards the data to the
> application when it overhears the data transmission. Is there a way to do
> that (or a way to achieve similar functionality) from the application code
> without modifying the source code of NFD?


Whenever your app needs to receive a piece of Data, you express an Interest.
If you don’t want the Interest to be transmitted, set NextHopFaceId=255 so
it’s forwarded to the NullFace and effectively dropped.

Yours, Junxiao

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