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/**
 * @file dnsquery.h DNS query API
 * @ingroup core
 *
 * gaim
 *
 * Gaim is the legal property of its developers, whose names are too numerous
 * to list here.  Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this
 * source distribution.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
#ifndef _GAIM_DNSQUERY_H_
#define _GAIM_DNSQUERY_H_

#include <glib.h>
#include "eventloop.h"

typedef struct _GaimDnsQueryData GaimDnsQueryData;

/**
 * The "hosts" parameter is a linked list containing pairs of
 * one size_t addrlen and one struct sockaddr *addr.  It should
 * be free'd by the callback function.
 */
typedef void (*GaimDnsQueryConnectFunction)(GSList *hosts, gpointer data, const char *error_message);


#include "account.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**************************************************************************/
/** @name DNS query API                                                   */
/**************************************************************************/
/*@{*/

/**
 * Perform an asynchronous DNS query.
 *
 * @param hostname The hostname to resolve.
 * @param port     A port number which is stored in the struct sockaddr.
 * @param callback The callback function to call after resolving.
 * @param data     Extra data to pass to the callback function.
 *
 * @return NULL if there was an error, otherwise return a reference to
 *         a data structure that can be used to cancel the pending
 *         DNS query, if needed.
 */
GaimDnsQueryData *gaim_dnsquery_a(const char *hostname, int port, GaimDnsQueryConnectFunction callback, gpointer data);

/**
 * Cancel a DNS query and destroy the associated data structure.
 *
 * @param query_data The DNS query to cancel.  This data structure
 *        is freed by this function.
 */
void gaim_dnsquery_destroy(GaimDnsQueryData *query_data);

/**
 * Initializes the DNS query subsystem.
 */
void gaim_dnsquery_init(void);

/**
 * Uninitializes the DNS query subsystem.
 */
void gaim_dnsquery_uninit(void);

/*@}*/

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif /* _GAIM_DNSQUERY_H_ */