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Stop processing incoming messages by the background thread&period; If a handler is executing at the time of invocation, that handler is allowed to complete&period; This method does not block the caller, and the background thread persists until it is joined by a call to `stop`&period; Note that `shutdown` and `stop` are typically called in succession&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balb&lowbar;pipetaskmanager&period;h&gt;`

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void
shutdown();
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