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# NWProtocolFramer.StartResult

Results that you send to indicate the disposition of your protocol after receiving the call to start.

```
enum StartResult
```

## Topics

### Start Results

[`case ready`](/documentation/Network/NWProtocolFramer/StartResult/ready)

The protocol is immediately ready to send and receive data.

[`case willMarkReady`](/documentation/Network/NWProtocolFramer/StartResult/willMarkReady)

The protocol will perform a handshake, preventing the overall connection from becoming ready until [`markReady()`](/documentation/Network/NWProtocolFramer/Instance/markReady()) is called.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

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