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diff --git a/dnssd/Mainpage.dox b/dnssd/Mainpage.dox new file mode 100644 index 000000000..76b0c1f9b --- /dev/null +++ b/dnssd/Mainpage.dox @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +/** @mainpage DNSSD + +<p>DNSSD is a library for handling the DNS-based Service Discovery Protocol (DNS-SD), +the layer of <a href="http://www.zeroconf.org">Zeroconf</a> that allows network +services, such as printers, to be discovered without any user intervention or +centralized infrastructure.</p> + +Apple's implementation of Zeroconf is +<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/bonjour.html">Bonjour</a>. +Apple's developer documentation provides lots of information about Bonjour +in its <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NetServices/Articles/about.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002458-SW1">Bonjour overview</a>. + +If you are writing an application that wants to discover services on the network, +use DNSSD::ServiceBrowser. You can also find available service types using ServiceTypeBrowser. + +If you want to announce the availability of a service provided by your application, +use DNSSD::PublicService. + +DNSSD::DomainBrowser allows you to find domains (other than the local one) recommended +for browsing or publishing to. + +Note that DNSSD::ServiceBrowser::isAvailable() provides information about the availability +of the services provided by this library generally, not just for browsing services. + +@authors +Jakub Stachowski + +@maintainers +Jakub Stachowski + +@licenses +@lgpl + +*/ + +// KDE5: get rid of kdeui reference when settings.kcfgc is changed +// DOXYGEN_REFERENCES = kdecore kdeui +// DOXYGEN_SET_PROJECT_NAME = DNSSD +// DOXYGEN_SET_EXCLUDE_PATTERNS += */dnssd/avahi* */dnssd/mdnsd* +// vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab:filetype=doxygen |