premiere-libtorrent/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp

/*

Copyright (c) 2003, Arvid Norberg
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
      the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
    * Neither the name of the author nor the names of its
      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
      from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

*/

#ifndef TORRENT_SESSION_SETTINGS_HPP_INCLUDED
#define TORRENT_SESSION_SETTINGS_HPP_INCLUDED

namespace libtorrent
{

	struct TORRENT_EXPORT session_settings
	{
		session_settings()
			: piece_timeout(120)
			, request_queue_time(3.f)
			, sequenced_download_threshold(7)
			, max_allowed_in_request_queue(250)
			, max_out_request_queue(200)
			, whole_pieces_threshold(20)
		{}

		// the number of seconds from a request is sent until
		// it times out if no piece response is returned.
		int piece_timeout;

		// the length of the request queue given in the number
		// of seconds it should take for the other end to send
		// all the pieces. i.e. the actual number of requests
		// depends on the download rate and this number.
		float request_queue_time;
		
		// this is the limit on how popular a piece has to be
		// (popular == inverse of rarity) to be downloaded
		// in sequence instead of in random (rarest first) order.
		// it can be used to tweak disk performance in settings
		// where the random download property is less necessary.
		// for example, if the threshold is 7, all pieces which 7
		// or more peers have, will be downloaded in index order.
		int sequenced_download_threshold;
		
		// the number of outstanding block requests a peer is
		// allowed to queue up in the client. If a peer sends
		// more requests than this (before the first one has
		// been sent) the last request will be dropped.
		// the higher this is, the faster upload speeds the
		// client can get to a single peer.
		int max_allowed_in_request_queue;
		
		// the maximum number of outstanding requests to
		// send to a peer. This limit takes precedence over
		// request_queue_time.
		int max_out_request_queue;
		
		// if a whole piece can be downloaded in this number
		// of seconds, or less, the peer_connection will prefer
		// to request whole pieces at a time from this peer.
		// The benefit of this is to better utilize disk caches by
		// doing localized accesses and also to make it easier
		// to identify bad peers if a piece fails the hash check.
		int whole_pieces_threshold;
	};
}

#endif