// Constructor for the Network Node State
internal NetworkNodeState(string name, string inputFile)
{
// Initialize the fields
_inputFile = inputFile;
_forwardingMutex = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
_forwardingTable = new ForwardingTable();
_neighborsEndpoints = new Dictionary <string, IPEndPoint?>();
_neighborsCost = new Dictionary <string, double>();
// Add the node itself to the forwarding table
_forwardingTable.UpsertPath(name, 0, null);
// Try to read and parse the contents of the file
try
{
// Get all the lines of the file
var fileContents = File.ReadAllLines(inputFile);
// For each line the the file but the first
foreach (var line in fileContents[1..])
// Static method to encode a forwarding table to be sent
internal static string Encode(ForwardingTable forwardingTable)
{
return(forwardingTable.Encode());
}