/** Prepare a routed-to-node message for forwarding. */ private Message preForward(Message m, short newHTL) { m.set(DMT.HTL, newHTL); // update htl if (m.getSpec() == DMT.FNPRoutedPing) { int x = m.getInt(DMT.COUNTER); x++; m.set(DMT.COUNTER, x); } return m; }