daemon/face/null-face.cpp

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#include "null-face.hpp"
#include "generic-link-service.hpp"
#include "internal-transport.hpp"

namespace nfd {
namespace face {

// FIB could restrict creating a nexthop record toward non-local face in /localhost namespace.
// NullFace has scope=local to enable creating a "blackhole" FIB entry under /localhost.

shared_ptr<Face>
makeNullFace(const FaceUri& uri)
{
  return make_shared<Face>(make_unique<GenericLinkService>(),
                           make_unique<InternalForwarderTransport>(uri, uri, ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_LOCAL));
}

} // namespace face
} // namespace nfd