[OpenDHT-Users] Re: ReDir

[Sean Rhea]

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On May 11, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Ufuk OKUYUCU wrote:
> I have a question on ReDir, I posted it on OpenDHT forum but it  
> didn't show up yet! So here is the same question below:
>
> <<<<<<<<<<<<
> I have a question on ReDir algorithm. We want to create a ring  
> composed of all nodes joining to a namespace. By means of a ring,  
> each node will have the address of next immediate node in the same  
> namespace. So a message can be passed around the ring among the  
> nodes in the namespace.
>
> I believe when you do a lookup with a key you get the successor  
> node in the namespace but how can we use this to find the successor  
> of a node? By giving node's identifier?  For instance, assume that  
> our node is No and we want to get the successor node, following call:
>
>                                           lookup (namespace N, key No)
>
> gives us the successor or simply itself, No?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>

Yes, lookup(namespace, key n) should give you the successor of n.

Sean
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