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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;
       Character string representation of the text object.
   string
           $string = $text->string;
       Conditionally quoted zone file 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 v5.16.3                      2012-12-28                 Net::DNS::Text(3)