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 1. Cancellation of asynchronous calls(except for watch)
 2. LeaseKeepAlive
 
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+## License
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+This project is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license - see the [LICENSE](https://github.com/nokia/etcd-cpp-apiv3/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).
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