001/**
002 *
003 * Copyright 2013 Florian Schmaus
004 *
005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008 *
009 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010 *
011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015 * limitations under the License.
016 */
017package org.jivesoftware.smack.util.dns;
018
019import java.util.List;
020
021/**
022 * Implementations of this interface define a class that is capable of resolving DNS addresses.
023 *
024 */
025public interface DNSResolver {
026
027    /**
028     * Gets a list of service records for the specified service.
029     * @param name The symbolic name of the service.
030     * @return The list of SRV records mapped to the service name.
031     */
032    List<SRVRecord> lookupSRVRecords(String name) throws Exception;
033
034}