NAME

Net::DNS::RR - DNS Resource Record class

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

Linux
Solaris
Windows

This module is not included with the standard ActivePerl distribution. It is available as a separate download using PPM.

SYNOPSIS

use Net::DNS::RR

DESCRIPTION

Net::DNS::RR is the base class for DNS Resource Record (RR) objects. See also the manual pages for each RR type.

METHODS

WARNING!!! Don't assume the RR objects you receive from a query are of a particular type -- always check an object's type before calling any of its methods. If you call an unknown method, you'll get a nasty warning message and Net::DNS::RR will return undef to the caller.

new (from string)

    $a = new Net::DNS::RR("foo.bar.com. 86400 A 10.1.2.3");
    $mx = new Net::DNS::RR("bar.com. 7200 MX 10 mailhost.bar.com.");
    $cname = new Net::DNS::RR("www.bar.com 300 IN CNAME www1.bar.com");
    $txt = new Net::DNS::RR("baz.bar.com 3600 HS TXT 'text record'");

Returns a Net::DNS::RR object of the appropriate type and initialized from the string passed by the user. The format of the string is that used in zone files, and is compatible with the string returned by Net::DNS::RR->string.

The name and RR type are required; all other information is optional. If omitted, the TTL defaults to 0 and the RR class defaults to IN. Omitting the optional fields is useful for creating the empty RDATA sections required for certain dynamic update operations. See the Net::DNS::Update manual page for additional examples.

All names must be fully qualified. The trailing dot (.) is optional.

new (from hash)

    $rr = new Net::DNS::RR(
        Name    => "foo.bar.com",
        TTL     => 86400,
        Class   => "IN",
        Type    => "A",
        Address => "10.1.2.3",
    );

    $rr = new Net::DNS::RR(
        Name    => "foo.bar.com",
        Type    => "A",
    );

Returns an RR object of the appropriate type, or a Net::DNS::RR object if the type isn't implemented. See the manual pages for each RR type to see what fields the type requires.

The Name and Type fields are required; all others are optional. If omitted, TTL defaults to 0 and Class defaults to IN. Omitting the optional fields is useful for creating the empty RDATA sections required for certain dynamic update operations.

The fields are case-insensitive, but starting each with uppercase is recommended.

print

    $rr->print;

Prints the record to the standard output. Calls the string method to get the RR's string representation.

string

    print $rr->string, "\n";

Returns a string representation of the RR. Calls the rdatastr method to get the RR-specific data.

rdatastr

    $s = $rr->rdatastr;

Returns a string containing RR-specific data. Subclasses will need to implement this method.

name

    $name = $rr->name;

Returns the record's domain name.

type

    $type = $rr->type;

Returns the record's type.

class

    $class = $rr->class;

Returns the record's class.

ttl

    $ttl = $rr->ttl;

Returns the record's time-to-live (TTL).

rdlength

    $rdlength = $rr->rdlength;

Returns the length of the record's data section.

rdata

    $rdata = $rr->rdata

Returns the record's data section as binary data.

BUGS

This version of Net::DNS::RR does little sanity checking on user-created RR objects.