@ndn/packet/lib/name/algo_node.js

NDNts: Network Layer Packets

import { toHex } from "@ndn/util";
/**
 * Perform name longest prefix match on a container of entries.
 * @typeParam T - Entry type, which must not be `undefined`.
 * @param name - Lookup target name.
 * @param get - Callback function to retrieve entry by name prefix TLV-VALUE in hexadecimal format.
 * @returns Matched entries.
 * The first result is the longest prefix match. Subsequent results are matches on successively
 * shorter prefixes. The caller may early-return the iterator to ignore subsequent results.
 */
export function* lpm(name, get) {
    const prefixes = [""];
    let s = "";
    for (const comp of name.comps) {
        s += toHex(comp.tlv);
        prefixes.push(s);
    }
    let prefix;
    while ((prefix = prefixes.pop()) !== undefined) {
        const entry = get(prefix);
        if (entry !== undefined) {
            yield entry;
        }
    }
}