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@ -12,13 +12,21 @@ I2CP Specification
Overview
========
This page specified the I2P Control Protocol (I2CP), which is the interface
This page specified the I2P Control Protocol (I2CP), which is the low-level interface
between clients and the router. Java clients will use the I2CP client API,
which implements this protocol. Non-Java clients will most likely use a
higher-layer protocol such as SAM or BOB.
which implements this protocol.
There are no known non-Java implementations of a client-side library
that implements I2CP. Additionally, socket-oriented (streaming) applications would need
an implementation of the streaming protocol, but there are no non-Java libraries for that either.
Therefore, non-Java clients should instead use the higher-layer protocol SAM [SAMv3]_,
for which libraries exist in several languages.
This is a low-level protocol supported both internally and externally
by the Java I2P router.
The protocol is only serialized if the client and router are not in the same
JVM; otherwise, I2CP message objects are passed via an internal JVM interface.
JVM; otherwise, I2CP message Java objects are passed via an internal JVM interface.
I2CP is also supported externally by the C++ router i2pd.
More information is on the I2CP Overview page [I2CP]_.
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.. [RouterIdentity]
{{ ctags_url('RouterIdentity') }}
.. [SAMv3]
{{ site_url('docs/api/samv3') }}
.. [Signature]
{{ ctags_url('Signature') }}