NAME

Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPE - Unknown Resource Record Handler

SYNOPSIS

  DO NOT use Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPE
  DO NOT require Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPE

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

  use Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR;
  ($get,$put,$parse) = new Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR;

  ($newoff,$name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
        $textdata) = $get->UnknownType(\$buffer,$offset);

  Note: the $get->UnknownType method is normally called
  via:  @stuff = $get->next(\$buffer,$offset);

  ($newoff,@dnptrs)=$put->UnknownType(\$buffer,$offset,\@dnptrs,
        $name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,$textdata);

  $NAME,$TYPE,$CLASS,$TTL,$rdlength,$textdata) 
    = $parse->UnknownType($name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
        $textdata);

DESCRIPTION

Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR:TYPE is loaded once for all unknown types and their methods redirected to the TYPE module. i.e. for TYPE61, this code snippet is autoloaded.

        package NET::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPE61
        *get   = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPE::get;
        *put   = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPEnn::put;
        *parse = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TYPEnn::parse;

  Description from RFC3597

  5. Text Representation

   In the "type" field of a master file line, an unknown RR type is
   represented by the word "TYPE" immediately followed by the decimal RR
   type number, with no intervening whitespace.  In the "class" field,
   an unknown class is similarly represented as the word "CLASS"
   immediately followed by the decimal class number.

   This convention allows types and classes to be distinguished from
   each other and from TTL values, allowing the "[<TTL>] [<class>]
   <type> <RDATA>" and "[<class>] [<TTL>] <type> <RDATA>" forms of
   [RFC1035] to both be unambiguously parsed.

   The RDATA section of an RR of unknown type is represented as a
   sequence of white space separated words as follows:

      The special token \# (a backslash immediately followed by a hash
      sign), which identifies the RDATA as having the generic encoding
      defined herein rather than a traditional type-specific encoding.

      An unsigned decimal integer specifying the RDATA length in octets.

      Zero or more words of hexadecimal data encoding the actual RDATA
      field, each containing an even number of hexadecimal digits.

   If the RDATA is of zero length, the text representation contains only
   the \# token and the single zero representing the length.

        i.e.
        CLASS32     TYPE731         \# 6 abcd012345

@stuff = $get->UnknownType(\$buffer,$offset);

  Get the contents of the resource record.

  USE: @stuff = $get->next(\$buffer,$offset);

  where: @stuff = (
  $newoff $name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
  $TYPEdata );

All except the last item, $textdata, is provided by the class loader, Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR. The code in this method knows how to retrieve $TYPEdata.

  input:        pointer to buffer,
                offset into buffer
  returns:      offset to next resource,
                @common RR elements,
                TYPEdata

($newoff,@dnptrs)=$put->UnknownType(\$buffer,$offset,\@dnptrs, $name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,$TYPEdata);
Append an unknown record to $buffer.
```
  where @common = (
        $name,$type,$class,$ttl);
    
```
The method will insert the $rdlength and $TYPEdata, then pass through the updated pointer to the array of compressed names

The class loader, Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR, inserts the @common elements and returns updated @dnptrs. This module knows how to insert its RDATA and calculate the $rdlength.
```
  input:        pointer to buffer,
                offset (normally end of buffer), 
                pointer to compressed name array,
                @common RR elements,
                TYPEdata
  output:       offset to next RR,
                new compressed name pointer array,
           or   empty list () on error.
    
```
(@COMMON,$TYPEdata) = $parse->UnknownType(@common,$TYPEdata);
Converts binary/numeric field data into human readable form. The common RR elements are supplied by the class loader, Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR. For UnknownType RR's, this returns the hex string described in RFC3597
```
  input:        unknown binary
  returns:      hex string
    
```

DEPENDENCIES

        Net::DNS::ToolKit
        Net::DNS::Codes

EXPORT

        none

AUTHOR

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

COPYRIGHT

    Copyright 2003 - 2011, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

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