Net::Whois::RIPE::Object(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Net::Whois::RIPE::Object(3pm)

NAME

       Net::Whois::RIPE::Object - RIPE Query Results

SYNOPSIS

	use Net::Whois::RIPE::Object;

	$object = new Net::Whois::RIPE::Object;
	$object->debug(1);

	while ($line = $whois_socket->get()) {
	    ($attribute,$value) = ($line =~ /^(.+?):s+(.+)$/);
	    next unless $attribute;
	    $object->add($attribute,$value);
	}

	$object->success || die;

	foreach $attribute ($object->attributes()) {
	    foreach $value ($object->$attribute()) {
		printf "%s:    %-s
", $attribute, $value;
	    }
	}

	print $object->content; # raw content from whois server

	for $error ($object->error) {...}
	for $warn ($object->warning) {...}

DESCRIPTION

       Encapsulates the results of a whois query. The attribute/value pairs of the response may then by accessed using the attribute as a method
       name.

       These objects are created by Net::Whois::RIPE to be returned as query results.

       Short background...a whois server would return the following for a person query.

	  person:      Paul Gampe
	  address:     Level 1 - 33 Park Road
	  address:     Milton, QLD, 4064
	  country:     AU
	  phone:       +61-7-3367-0490
	  fax-no:      +61-7-3367-0482
	  e-mail:      paulg@apnic.net
	  nic-hdl:     PG6-AP
	  remarks:     APNIC Technical Operations Team
	  mnt-by:      MAINT-AP-APNIC-TECH
	  changed:     paulg@apnic.net 19990909
	  source:      APNIC

       Net::Whois::RIPE::Object parses the attribute's and values and add's them to itself. The RIPE object can then be used to access the
       attribute values using the attribute names as methods. A call to attributes returns an ordered list of all attributes parsed.

       All values are stored as lists since some attributes are multiline (e.g. address). If there has been a problem with the query then the
       content method may provide output from the server that can be used to diagnose why.

	$whois = Net::Whois::RIPE->new($host);
	$query = $whois->query('Paul Gampe');

	unless ($query->success) {
	    print "There's been a problem...server response is...
";
	    print $query->content;
	    exit
	}

	print "Paul's nic-hdl is ", $query->nic_hdl, "
";

       Attributes that had a dash '-' are converted to underscore '_' for method names.

CONSTRUCTOR

       new(HANDLE)
	   Creates a new RIPE object. Attempts to parse lines from HANDLE. Any parsing failure causes the constructor to return undef. Error
	   messages are available via errstr. HANDLE may be a file handle or a socket.

METHODS

       content()
	   Returns the raw output from the whois server. In a list context it returns the lines from whois as a list. In a scalar context it
	   returns the entire list in a scalar.

	   In the case where no ATTRIBUTE's are available via the attributes method, then the content may hold information from whois as to why.

       attributes()
	   Returns the list of ATTRIBUTE's that were added by add.  The order of the list is the order the ATTRIBUTE's were added in.

	   If no ATTRIBUTE's were added then an empty list is returned. Try calling content to obtain output from the whois server as to why.

	   Call attributes to find out if the object was successfully parsed.  success reports errors from the whois server. It is possible that
	   success can report true but the object has no attributes.

       warning()
	   In a list context it returns an array of warning lines. In a scalar context it returns a 
 separated string of warning lines.

	   These are the warnings from the whois server about the object.

       error()
	   In a list context it returns an array of error lines. In a scalar context it returns a 
 separated string of error lines.

	   These are the errors from the whois server about the object.

       success
	   Returns 1 if no errors defined, 0 otherwise

       debug(LEVEL)
	   Sets/gets the debug level.

CAVEATS

AUTHOR

	Kevin Baker, <shagol@users.sourceforge.net>
	Paul Gampe, <pgampe@users.sourceforge.net>
	Bruce Campbell, <bxc@users.sourceforge.net>

SEE ALSO

	Net::Whois::RIPE

COPYRIGHT

	Copyright (C) 1999 Paul Gampe and APNIC Pty. Ltd.
	Copyright (C) 2000 Kevin Baker and APNIC Pty. Ltd.

	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 1, 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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

POD ERRORS

       Hey! The above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:

       Around line 82:
	   '=item' outside of any '=over'

       Around line 88:
	   You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'

       Around line 90:
	   '=item' outside of any '=over'

       Around line 133:
	   You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'

perl v5.10.0							    2006-04-17					     Net::Whois::RIPE::Object(3pm)