/// <summary>
/// Called every time that the Kademlia node notice a new node in the network. Can be
/// either because the new node make a RPC request or was found in a node lookUp procedure.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "nodeIdentifier">New node identifier.</param>
public virtual void RegisterNewNode(NodeIdentifier <TKey> nodeIdentifier)
{
if (!RoutingTable.Contains(nodeIdentifier))
{
RoutingTable.Add(nodeIdentifier);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// this node joins to the network, process:
/// 1. add know nodes to this nodes k-bucket
/// 2. perform a NodeLookUp
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// After FindNode is called the <paramref name = "knownNodesIdentifiers" /> knows about
/// the existence of this node...
/// </remarks>
/// <param name = "knownNodesIdentifiers"></param>
public void JoinToNetwork(IEnumerable <NodeIdentifier <TKey> > knownNodesIdentifiers)
{
// 1. add known items to the routing table
foreach (var nodeIdentifier in knownNodesIdentifiers)
{
RoutingTable.Add(nodeIdentifier);
}
// 2. Perform a Node Look up on the own node id
JoinToNetwork();
}