DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_STREAM |
Connection to a host via a lossless, ordered (guaranteed) session.
Does not support transport-level multicast or broadcast.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_DATAGRAM |
Pseudo-connection to a host via a lossy, orderless (non-guaranteed) session (the peer host knows about and can track the session).
Does not support transport-level multicast or broadcast.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_DATAGRAM_STATELESS |
Stateless pseudo-connection to a host without a session (the peer host does not know about a session).
Supports transport-level multicast or broadcast.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_HUB |
Pseudo-connection, similar to DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP, but as the concentrator or hub for DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_POINT connections.
Requires security. The concentrator/hub combines DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_POINT connections (similar to a DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP) to reduce the overhead of keeping a large number of individual connections. Broadcasting data to the group is supported, but may take a long time as separate packets are needed to send to each point connection.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_POINT |
Pseudo-connection, similar to DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP, to a concentrator or hub (a DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_HUB connection).
Requires security. The concentrator/hub combines this connection with others, more like a DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP to reduce the overhead of keeping a large number of individual connections.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP |
Pseudo-connection to a group of nodes via a lossy, orderless (non-guaranteed) session.
Requires security and utilizes a form of transport-level multicast or broadcast.
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DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP_MEMBER_ONLY |
Pseudo-connection, similar to DOFCONNECTIONTYPE_GROUP, but the node cannot manage the group.
Without another member to act as the group manager, this node cannot join the group or remain a member of the group.
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