2.2.3.7 Flood (Application) Message

The Flood (application) message contains application-specific information.

All flood messages MUST add the following headers in the namespace "http://schemas.microsoft.com/net/2006/05/peer".

Name

Description

MessageID

A GUID that MUST uniquely identify the message in the mesh.

FloodMessage

MUST be a valid FloodMessage header.

PeerVia

Identifies the target channel type of the message. MUST contain the URI of the node's listening endpoint.

PeerTo

Identifies the specific target for the message. SHOULD be set to the same value as PeerVia.

Flood messages MAY have the following optional header to specify the maximum number of hops the message is allowed to travel.

Name

Description

PeerHopCount

An integer value specifying the number of hops allowed for flood messages.