+AvahiClient* avahi_client_new (
+ const AvahiPoll *poll_api /**< The abstract event loop API to use */,
+ AvahiClientFlags flags /**< Some flags to modify the behaviour of the client library */,
+ AvahiClientCallback callback /**< A callback that is called whenever the state of the client changes. This may be NULL */,
+ void *userdata /**< Some arbitrary user data pointer that will be passed to the callback function */,
+ int *error /**< If creation of the client fails, this integer will contain the error cause. May be NULL if you aren't interested in the reason why avahi_client_new() failed. */);
+
+/** Free a client instance. This will automatically free all
+ * associated browser, resolve and entry group objects. All pointers
+ * to such objects become invalid! */
+void avahi_client_free(AvahiClient *client);
+
+/** Get the version of the server */
+const char* avahi_client_get_version_string (AvahiClient*);
+
+/** Get host name */
+const char* avahi_client_get_host_name (AvahiClient*);
+
+/** Set host name. \since 0.6.13 */
+int avahi_client_set_host_name(AvahiClient*, const char *name);
+
+/** Get domain name */
+const char* avahi_client_get_domain_name (AvahiClient*);
+
+/** Get FQDN domain name */
+const char* avahi_client_get_host_name_fqdn (AvahiClient*);
+
+/** Get state */
+AvahiClientState avahi_client_get_state(AvahiClient *client);
+
+/** Get the last error number */
+int avahi_client_errno (AvahiClient*);
+
+/** Return the local service cookie. returns AVAHI_SERVICE_COOKIE_INVALID on failure. */
+uint32_t avahi_client_get_local_service_cookie(AvahiClient *client);
+
+/** Return 1 if gethostbyname() supports mDNS lookups, 0 otherwise. \since 0.6.5 */
+int avahi_nss_support(void);