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.IX Title "Net::DNS::Question 3"
.TH Net::DNS::Question 3 "2016-05-27" "perl v5.16.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Net::DNS::Question \- DNS question record
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use Net::DNS::Question;
\&
\&    $question = new Net::DNS::Question(\*(Aqexample.com\*(Aq, \*(AqA\*(Aq, \*(AqIN\*(Aq);
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
A Net::DNS::Question object represents a record in the question
section of a \s-1DNS\s0 packet.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
.Vb 2
\&    $question = new Net::DNS::Question(\*(Aqexample.com\*(Aq, \*(AqA\*(Aq, \*(AqIN\*(Aq);
\&    $question = new Net::DNS::Question(\*(Aqexample.com\*(Aq);
\&
\&    $question = new Net::DNS::Question(\*(Aq192.0.32.10\*(Aq, \*(AqPTR\*(Aq, \*(AqIN\*(Aq);
\&    $question = new Net::DNS::Question(\*(Aq192.0.32.10\*(Aq);
.Ve
.PP
Creates a question object from the domain, type, and class passed as
arguments. One or both type and class arguments may be omitted and
will assume the default values shown above.
.PP
\&\s-1RFC4291\s0 and \s-1RFC4632 IP\s0 address/prefix notation is supported for
queries in both in\-addr.arpa and ip6.arpa namespaces.
.SS "decode"
.IX Subsection "decode"
.Vb 1
\&    $question = decode Net::DNS::Question(\e$data, $offset);
\&
\&    ($question, $offset) = decode Net::DNS::Question(\e$data, $offset);
.Ve
.PP
Decodes the question record at the specified location within a \s-1DNS\s0
wire-format packet.  The first argument is a reference to the buffer
containing the packet data.  The second argument is the offset of
the start of the question record.
.PP
Returns a Net::DNS::Question object and the offset of the next
location in the packet.
.PP
An exception is raised if the object cannot be created
(e.g., corrupt or insufficient data).
.SS "encode"
.IX Subsection "encode"
.Vb 1
\&    $data = $question\->encode( $offset, $hash );
.Ve
.PP
Returns the Net::DNS::Question in binary format suitable for
inclusion in a \s-1DNS\s0 packet buffer.
.PP
The optional arguments are the offset within the packet data where
the Net::DNS::Question is to be stored and a reference to a hash
table used to index compressed names within the packet.
.SS "print"
.IX Subsection "print"
.Vb 1
\&    $object\->print;
.Ve
.PP
Prints the record to the standard output.  Calls the \fIstring()\fR method
to get the string representation.
.SS "string"
.IX Subsection "string"
.Vb 1
\&    print "string = ", $question\->string, "\en";
.Ve
.PP
Returns a string representation of the question record.
.SS "name"
.IX Subsection "name"
.Vb 1
\&    $name = $question\->name;
.Ve
.PP
Internationalised domain name corresponding to the qname attribute.
.PP
Decoding non-ASCII domain names is computationally expensive and
undesirable for names which are likely to be used to construct
further queries.
.PP
When required to communicate with humans, the 'proper' domain name
should be extracted from a query or reply packet.
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    $query = new Net::DNS::Packet( $example, \*(AqANY\*(Aq );
\&    $reply = $resolver\->send($query) or die;
\&    ($question) = $reply\->question;
\&    $name = $question\->name;
.Ve
.SS "qname, zname"
.IX Subsection "qname, zname"
.Vb 2
\&    $qname = $question\->qname;
\&    $zname = $question\->zname;
.Ve
.PP
Canonical \s-1ASCII\s0 domain name as required for the query subject
transmitted to a nameserver.  In dynamic update packets, this
attribute is known as \fIzname()\fR and refers to the zone name.
.SS "qtype, ztype, type"
.IX Subsection "qtype, ztype, type"
.Vb 3
\&    $qtype = $question\->type;
\&    $qtype = $question\->qtype;
\&    $ztype = $question\->ztype;
.Ve
.PP
Returns the question type attribute.  In dynamic update packets,
this attribute is known as \fIztype()\fR and refers to the zone type.
.SS "qclass, zclass, class"
.IX Subsection "qclass, zclass, class"
.Vb 3
\&    $qclass = $question\->class;
\&    $qclass = $question\->qclass;
\&    $zclass = $question\->zclass;
.Ve
.PP
Returns the question class attribute.  In dynamic update packets,
this attribute is known as \fIzclass()\fR and refers to the zone class.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c)1997\-2000 Michael Fuhr.
.PP
Portions Copyright (c)2002,2003 Chris Reinhardt.
.PP
Portions Copyright (c)2003,2006\-2011 Dick Franks.
.PP
All rights reserved.
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising
or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific
prior written permission.
.PP
\&\s-1THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \*(L"AS IS\*(R", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.\s0
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
perl, Net::DNS, Net::DNS::DomainName, Net::DNS::Packet,
\&\s-1RFC 1035\s0 Section 4.1.2