NAME
Net::DNS::Extlang - DNS extension language
SYNOPSIS
use Net::DNS::Extlang;
$extobj = new Net::DNS::Extlang(
domain => 'arpa',
file => '/etc/dnsext.txt',
lang => 'en',
resolver => $resobj
)DESCRIPTION
The Net::DNS::Extlang module reads and stores RR descriptions from files or the DNS. If file is provided, it reads descriptions from that file, otherwise it looks in <name>.rrname.<domain> and <val>.rrtype.<domain> for descriptions in the desired language.
Provide a resolver if you want other than the default resolver settings.
METHODS
new
$extobj = new Net::DNS::Extlang(
domain => 'arpa',
file => '/etc/dnsext.txt',
lang => 'en',
resolver => new Net::DNS::Resolver()
)Create an object corresponding to a set of extension language entries in a file or the DNS. Provide either a file or a domain argument. If you provide a domain, the lang and resolver are optional.
In addition to using its methods, Net::DNS::Extlang can be accessed by Net::DNS to create rrtype packages automatically as required.
domain, file, lang, resolver
Access method which returns extlang configuration attribute.
xlstorerecord
$rrr = $ext->xlstorerecord( $identifier, @field )Store a record with rrname/number and list of fields.
getrr
$rrinfo = $ext->getrr(nameornumber)Retrieve the rr description by number (if the argument is all digits) or name (otherwise.) $rrinfo is a reference to a hash with entries for mnemon, number, comment, and fields: the lines in the description stanza. Each field is a hash with entries type (field type), quals (optional qualifiers), name (optional field name), and comment.
Descriptions from a file are all loaded by new(), from the DNS are fetched as needed. If there's no description for that name or number it returns undef.
compile / compilerr
$code = $ext->compile(nameornumber)
$code = $ext->compilerr($rrr)Compile the rr description into Net::DNS::RR:<name> and return the perl code, suitable to pass to eval(). nameornumber is looked up, $rrr is an rr description such as getrr() returns.
If there's no description it returns null.
Compiled methods include:
_decode_rdata, _encode_rdata, _format_rdata, _parse_rdata, _defaults
get/set for each field named to match the field, or fieldN if the field has no name or a duplicate name. If field names match built in names or perl keywords, the get/set method name is prefixed with 'f'.
Field types
I1, I2, I4 -- bigendian integers
Display is unsigned integer
R, R[L] - 16 bit RRTYPE, or NSEC grouped bitmap of RRTYPEs
Display is symbolic RRTYPE or typeN, or list thereof
A, AA, AAAA - 32, 64, 128 bit address
Display is 1.1.1.1 or xx:xx::xx
N - regular and compressed domain name, mailbox domain name
Display is a domain name. Option C means RFC1035 compression, option A means it's really a mailbox. Options only for the last field in a record: O means the name is optional.
S, S[M], S[X] - string, multiple strings, uncounted final string
Quoted string or strings. M and X must be last field.
B32/64 - base32/64
Display is string. B32 is preceded in the record by a length byte. B64 is uncounted so must be last field, display can have embedded spaces.
X, X[C] - hex, hex with one byte count.
Uncounted X must be the last field, display can contain spaces.
X6, X8 - EUI48 and EUI64
Display is six or eight bytes of hex with optional hyphens.
T. T6 - unix timestamp
T is four bytes, T6 is six bytes. Display is number of seconds since 1970 or yyyymmddhhmmss.
Z[...] - special cases
Defined in the spec but not implemented
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017 John R. Levine.
LICENSE
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SEE ALSO
perl, Net::DNS:RR, draft-levine-dnsextlang