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17
18
19package	com.apple.dnssd;
20
21/**	A tracking object for a service created by {@link DNSSD}. */
22
23public interface	DNSSDService
24{
25	/**
26	Halt the active operation and free resources associated with the DNSSDService.<P>
27
28	Any services or records registered with this DNSSDService will be deregistered. Any
29	Browse, Resolve, or Query operations associated with this reference will be terminated.<P>
30
31	Note: if the service was initialized with DNSSD.register(), and an extra resource record was
32	added to the service via {@link DNSSDRegistration#addRecord}, the DNSRecord so created
33	is invalidated when this method is called - the DNSRecord may not be used afterward.
34	*/
35	void		stop();
36}
37
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