Net::DNS::Domain(3)

👑 NAME 👑

Okay bestie, welcome to the Net::DNS::Domain(3) manual page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — the one and only Net::DNS::Domain, aka the module for DNS domains. It's giving object-oriented domain energy, and honestly? Iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Net::DNS::Domain;

$domain = Net::DNS::Domain->new('example.com');
$name   = $domain->name;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The Net::DNS::Domain module implements a class of abstract DNS domain objects with associated class and instance methods. No cap.

Each domain object instance represents a single DNS domain which has a fixed identity throughout its lifetime. Main character energy from birth to forever, periodt. 👑

Internally, the primary representation is a (possibly empty) list of ASCII domain name labels, plus an optional link to an origin domain object topologically closer to the DNS root.

The computational expense of Unicode character-set conversion is partially mitigated by use of caches. Lowkey efficient, highkey slay. ✨

🌸 METHODS 🌸

🎀 new

$object = Net::DNS::Domain->new('example.com');

Creates a domain object which represents the DNS domain specified by the character string argument. The argument consists of a sequence of labels delimited by dots.

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

Arbitrary 8-bit codes can be represented by \ followed by exactly three decimal digits. Character code points are ASCII, irrespective of the character coding scheme employed by the underlying platform.

Argument string literals should be delimited by single quotes to avoid escape sequences being interpreted as octal character codes by the Perl compiler. Bestie, use the single quotes — your future self will thank you. 🫶

The character string presentation format follows the conventions for zone files described in RFC1035.

Users should be aware that non-ASCII domain names will be transcoded to NFC before encoding, which is an irreversible process. Not me warning you dramatically, but also… yes I am. 😭

💖 name

$name = $domain->name;

Returns the domain name as a character string corresponding to the "common interpretation" to which RFC1034, 3.1, paragraph 9 alludes.

Character escape sequences are used to represent a dot inside a domain name label and the escape character itself.

Any non-printable code point is represented using the appropriate numerical escape sequence.

🦋 fqdn

$fqdn = $domain->fqdn;

Returns a character string containing the fully qualified domain name, including the trailing dot. Yes, the dot stays. It's part of the look. 💅

🌈 xname

$xname = $domain->xname;

Interprets an extended name containing Unicode domain name labels encoded as Punycode A-labels.

If decoding is not possible, the ACE encoded name is returned. No drama, just the fallback. 🙈

🍓 label

@label = $domain->label;

Identifies the domain by means of a list of domain labels.

⭐ string

$string = $object->string;

Returns a character string containing the fully qualified domain name as it appears in a zone file.

Characters which are recognised by RFC1035 zone file syntax are represented by the appropriate escape sequence.

🧚 origin

$create = Net::DNS::Domain->origin( $ORIGIN );
$result = &$create( sub{ Net::DNS::RR->new( 'mx MX 10 a' ); } );
$expect = Net::DNS::RR->new( "mx.$ORIGIN. MX 10 a.$ORIGIN." );

Class method which returns a reference to a subroutine wrapper which executes a given constructor in a dynamically scoped context where relative names become descendents of the specified $ORIGIN. It's giving main-character $ORIGIN energy, fr fr. 🌟

💀 BUGS 💀

Coding strategy is intended to avoid creating unnecessary argument lists and stack frames. This improves efficiency at the expense of code readability. So: fast, but bestie, bring snacks if you're reading the internals. 🍓

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

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c)2009-2011,2017 Dick Franks.

All rights reserved.

🎀 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 original copyright notices appear in all copies and that both 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.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", 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.

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• perl
• Net::DNS
• Net::LibIDN2
• RFC1034 — https://iana.org/go/rfc1034
• RFC1035 — https://iana.org/go/rfc1035
• RFC5891 — https://iana.org/go/rfc5891

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