Net::DNS::Text(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					 Net::DNS::Text(3)

NAME

       Net::DNS::Text - Domain Name System text representation

SYNOPSIS

	   use Net::DNS::Text;

	   $object = new Net::DNS::Text('example');
	   $string = $object->string;

	   $object = decode Net::DNS::Text( $data, $offset );
	   ( $object, $next ) = decode Net::DNS::Text( $data, $offset );

	   $data = $object->encode;
	   $text = $object->value;

DESCRIPTION

       The "Net::DNS::Text" module implements a class of text objects with associated class and instance methods.

       Each text object instance has a fixed identity throughout its lifetime.

METHODS

   new
	   $object = new Net::DNS::Text('example');

       Creates a text object which encapsulates a single character string component of a resource record.

       Arbitrary single-byte characters can be represented by  followed by exactly three decimal digits. Such characters are devoid of any
       special meaning.

       A character preceded by  represents itself, without any special interpretation.

   decode
	   $object = decode Net::DNS::Text( $buffer, $offset );

	   ( $object, $next ) = decode Net::DNS::Text( $buffer, $offset );

       Creates a text object which represents the decoded data at the indicated offset within the data buffer.

       The argument list consists of a reference to a scalar containing the wire-format data and offset of the text data.

       The returned offset value indicates the start of the next item in the data buffer.

   encode
	   $data = $object->encode;

       Returns the wire-format encoded representation of the text object suitable for inclusion in a DNS packet buffer.

   value
	   $value = $text->value;

       Returns the character representation of the text object.

   string
	   $string = $text->string;

       Returns the escaped string representation of the text object.

BUGS

       Coding strategy is intended to avoid creating unnecessary argument lists and stack frames. This improves efficiency at the expense of code
       readability.

       Platform specific character coding features are conditionally compiled into the code.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c)2009-2011 Dick Franks.

       All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       perl, Net::DNS, RFC1035, RFC3629, Unicode Technical Report #16

perl v5.16.2							    2012-01-27							 Net::DNS::Text(3)