types.rst

.. _types:

Type value assignment
---------------------

+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Type                                        | Assigned value    |
+=============================================+===================+
|                      **Packet types**                           |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Interest                                    | 0                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Data                                        | 1                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                      **Common fields**                          |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Name                                        | 2                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| NameComponent                               | 3                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                     **Interest packet**                         |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Selectors                                   | 4                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Nonce                                       | 5                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Scope                                       | 6                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| InterestLifetime                            | 7                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                   **Interest/Selectors**                        |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| MinSuffixComponents                         | 8                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| MaxSuffixComponents                         | 9                 |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| PublisherPublicKeyLocator                   | 10                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Exclude                                     | 11                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| ChildSelector                               | 12                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| MustBeFresh                                 | 13                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Any                                         | 14                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                      **Data packet**                            |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| MetaInfo                                    | 15                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| Content                                     | 16                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| SignatureInfo                               | 17                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| SignatureValue                              | 18                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                      **Data/MetaInfo**                          |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| ContentType                                 | 19                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| FreshnessPeriod                             | 20                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                     **Data/Signature**                          |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| SignatureType                               | 21                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| KeyLocator                                  | 22                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| KeyLocatorDigest                            | 23                |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+

Type value reservations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| Values         | Designation                                               |
+================+===========================================================+
| 24-127         | Reserved for future assignments (1-byte encoding)         | 
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 128-252        | For application use (1-byte encoding)                     |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| 253-32767      | Reserved for future assignments (3-byte encoding)         |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| >32767         | For application use (3-byte encoding)                     |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+