elasticsearch/docs/java-rest/high-level/watcher/stop-watch-service.asciidoc

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:request: StopWatchServiceRequest
:response: StopWatchServiceResponse
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=== Stop watch service API

[[java-rest-high-watcher-stop-watch-service-execution]]
==== Execution

{ref}/watcher-api-stop.html[Stop watcher] enables you
to manually stop the watch service. Submit the following request
to stop the watch service:

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==== Response

The returned `AcknowledgeResponse` contains a value on whether or not the request
was received:

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<1> A boolean value of `true` if successfully received, `false` otherwise.

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