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NAME

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


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


print

    $rrobj->print;

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


string

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

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


rdatastr

    $s = $rrobj->rdatastr;

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


name

    $name = $rrobj->name;

Returns the record's domain name.


type

    $type = $rrobj->type;

Returns the record's type.


class

    $class = $rrobj->class;

Returns the record's class.


ttl

    $ttl = $rrobj->ttl;

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


COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Fuhr. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


SEE ALSO

perl(1), DNS, DNS::Resolver, DNS::Packet, DNS::Header, DNS::Question, RFC 1035 Section 4.1.3