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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2015 The Netty Project
3    *
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5    * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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15   */
16  
17  package io.netty5.resolver.dns;
18  
19  import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
20  
21  /**
22   * An infinite stream of DNS server addresses.
23   */
24  public interface DnsServerAddressStream {
25      /**
26       * Retrieves the next DNS server address from the stream.
27       */
28      InetSocketAddress next();
29  
30      /**
31       * Get the number of times {@link #next()} will return a distinct element before repeating or terminating.
32       * @return the number of times {@link #next()} will return a distinct element before repeating or terminating.
33       */
34      int size();
35  
36      /**
37       * Duplicate this object. The result of this should be able to be independently iterated over via {@link #next()}.
38       * <p>
39       * Note that {@link #clone()} isn't used because it may make sense for some implementations to have the following
40       * relationship {@code x.duplicate() == x}.
41       * @return A duplicate of this object.
42       */
43      DnsServerAddressStream duplicate();
44  }