Smack/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/dns/DNSResolver.java

/**
 *
 * Copyright 2013 Florian Schmaus
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.dns;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface define a class that is capable of resolving DNS addresses.
 *
 */
public interface DNSResolver {

    /**
     * Gets a list of service records for the specified service.
     * @param name The symbolic name of the service.
     * @return The list of SRV records mapped to the service name.
     */
    List<SRVRecord> lookupSRVRecords(String name) throws Exception;

}