NAME

Net::DNS::ToolKit::Question - Resource Handler

SYNOPSIS

DO NOT use Net::DNS::ToolKit::Question
DO NOT require Net::DNS::ToolKit::Question

Net::DNS::ToolKit::Question is autoloaded by
class Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR and its methods
are instantiated in a 'special' manner.

DESCRIPTION

• ($newoff,$name,$type,$class) = $get->Question(\$buffer,$offset);

  Get question from $buffer. Returns the expanded name, type and class.

    input:	pointer to buffer,
  		offset into buffer
    returns:	new offset,
  		expanded name,
  		type,
  		class

• ($newoff,@dnptrs) = $put->Question(\$buffer,$offset, $name,$type,$class,\@dnptrs);

  Append a question to the $buffer. Returns a new pointer array for compressed names and the offset to the next RR.

  NOTE: it is up to the user to update the question count. See: put_qdcount

  Since the question usually is the first record to be appended to the buffer, @dnptrs may be ommitted. See the details at dn_comp.

  Usage: ($newoff,@dnptrs)=$put->Question(\$buffer,$offset, $name,$type,$class);

    input:	pointer to buffer,
  		offset into buffer,
  		domain name,
  		question type,
  		question class,
  		pointer to array of
  		  previously compressed names,
    returns:	offset to next record,
  		updated array of offsets to
  		  previous compressed names

• ($name,$typeTXT,$classTXT) = $parse->Question($name,$type,$class);

  Convert non-printable and numeric data into ascii text.

    input:	domain name,
  		question type (numeric)
  		question class (numeric)
    returns:	domain name,
  		type TEXT,
  		class TEXT

DEPENDENCIES

Net::DNS::ToolKit

EXPORT

none

AUTHOR

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright 2003, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.

 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

See also:

Net::DNS::ToolKit(3)