// $Id: ConstAlg.java,v 1.1 2007/11/06 08:11:14 zahorjan Exp $

/**
 * Symbolic constants that represent tuning parameters of the
 * underlying algorithm (which is a kind of distance vector in
 * the base code).
 */

public class ConstAlg {

    //----------------------------------------------------------
    // These are (logically) parameters of the software implementation.
    // You can tune them for best performance.
    //----------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * This value determines how many slots have to pass without
     * hearing from a neighbor before a node decides that neighbor
     * is down.
     */
    public static final int FAILED_TIMEOUT = 3;


    /**
     * A really big number looks like INFINITY from where we sit.
     * (The -1 is so that we can add one without overflow, for 
     * code robustness.)
     */
    public static final int INFINITY = Integer.MAX_VALUE - 1;

}