Source: encoding/tlv-wire-format.js

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Regents of the University of California.
 * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * A copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License is in the file COPYING.
 */

/** @ignore */
var WireFormat = require('./wire-format.js').WireFormat; /** @ignore */
var Tlv0_1_1WireFormat = require('./tlv-0_1_1-wire-format.js').Tlv0_1_1WireFormat;

/**
 * A TlvWireFormat extends WireFormat to override its methods to
 * implement encoding and decoding using the preferred implementation of NDN-TLV.
 * @constructor
 */
var TlvWireFormat = function TlvWireFormat()
{
  // Inherit from Tlv0_1_1WireFormat.
  Tlv0_1_1WireFormat.call(this);
};

TlvWireFormat.prototype = new Tlv0_1_1WireFormat();
TlvWireFormat.prototype.name = "TlvWireFormat";

exports.TlvWireFormat = TlvWireFormat;

// Default object.
TlvWireFormat.instance = null;

/**
 * Get a singleton instance of a TlvWireFormat.  Assuming that the default
 * wire format was set with WireFormat.setDefaultWireFormat(TlvWireFormat.get()),
 * you can check if this is the default wire encoding with
 * if WireFormat.getDefaultWireFormat() == TlvWireFormat.get().
 * @returns {TlvWireFormat} The singleton instance.
 */
TlvWireFormat.get = function()
{
  if (TlvWireFormat.instance === null)
    TlvWireFormat.instance = new TlvWireFormat();
  return TlvWireFormat.instance;
};

// On loading this module, make this the default wire format.
// This module will be loaded because WireFormat loads it.
WireFormat.setDefaultWireFormat(TlvWireFormat.get());