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/**
* it is replaced with the new record. Use an empty array to
* remove all records under the given name.
*
+ * The continuation is called after the value has been stored in the
+ * database. Monitors may be notified asynchronously (basically with
+ * a buffer). However, if any monitor is consistently too slow to
+ * keep up with the changes, calling @a cont will be delayed until the
+ * monitors do keep up.
+ *
* @param h handle to the namestore
* @param pkey private key of the zone
* @param label name that is being mapped
* that monitoring is down. You need to still explicitly call
* #GNUNET_NAMESTORE_zone_monitor_stop().
* @param error_cb_cls closure for @a error_cb
- * @param monitor function to call on zone changes
+ * @param monitor function to call on zone changes, with an initial limit of 1
* @param monitor_cls closure for @a monitor
* @param sync_cb function called when we're in sync with the namestore
* @param sync_cb_cls closure for @a sync_cb
void *sync_cb_cls);
+/**
+ * Calls the monitor processor specified in #GNUNET_NAMESTORE_zone_monitor_start
+ * for the next record(s). This function is used to allow clients that merely
+ * monitor the NAMESTORE to still throttle namestore operations, so we can be
+ * sure that the monitors can keep up.
+ *
+ * Note that #GNUNET_NAMESTORE_records_store() only waits for this
+ * call if the previous limit set by the client was already reached.
+ * Thus, by using a @a limit greater than 1, monitors basically enable
+ * a queue of notifications to be processed asynchronously with some
+ * delay. Note that even with a limit of 1 the
+ * #GNUNET_NAMESTORE_records_store() function will run asynchronously
+ * and the continuation may be invoked before the monitors completed
+ * (or even started) processing the notification. Thus, monitors will
+ * only closely track the current state of the namestore, but not
+ * be involved in the transactions.
+ *
+ * @param zm the monitor
+ * @param limit number of records to return to the iterator in one shot
+ * (before #GNUNET_NAMESTORE_zone_monitor_next is to be called again)
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_NAMESTORE_zone_monitor_next (struct GNUNET_NAMESTORE_ZoneMonitor *zm,
+ uint64_t limit);
+
+
/**
* Stop monitoring a zone for changes.
*