Net::DN...R::NAPTR(3)

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💅 Net::DNS::RR::NAPTR(3) — DNS NAPTR resource record ✨

okay so you found the perl man page for Net::DNS::RR::NAPTR, section 3 of the manual, bestie — this is the whole vibe, let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

Net::DNS::RR::NAPTR — DNS NAPTR resource record. that's it, that's the whole thing, iconic 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

use Net::DNS;
$rr = Net::DNS::RR->new('name NAPTR ( order preference
                flags service regexp replacement )');

like, one constructor call and you're in. look at the field list — all of them, in that exact order, no cap 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

DNS Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) resource records. literally what it says on the tin, and honestly? slay 💅

👑 METHODS 👑

so here's the deal: the available methods are the ones you inherit from the base class, plus the type-specific methods defined in this package. best of both worlds fr fr ✨

⚠️ heads up bestie: using undocumented package features or reaching directly into internal data structures is discouraged — and yeah, it "could result in program termination or other unpredictable behaviour." read that again. unpredictable behaviour. not the vibe 💀 don't do it 🙈

🍓 order

$order = $rr->order;
$rr->order( $order );

a 16-bit unsigned integer that says the order in which the NAPTR records must be processed so the ordering of rules comes out correct. low numbers get processed before high numbers. simple as that 🎀

🌈 preference

$preference = $rr->preference;
$rr->preference( $preference );

another 16-bit unsigned integer — this one handles tie-breaks: it specifies the order in which NAPTR records with equal order values should be processed. low numbers before high numbers, again. consistency, we love to see it 💜

⭐ flags

$flags = $rr->flags;
$rr->flags( $flags );

a string of flags that control aspects of the rewriting and interpretation of the fields in the record. each flag is a single character from the set [A-Z0-9]. that's the whole character set, don't get creative 😌

🧚 service

$service = $rr->service;
$rr->service( $service );

specifies the service(s) available down this rewrite path. it may also specify the protocol used to communicate with the service. multitasking king 👑

🎀 regexp

$regexp = $rr->regexp;
$rr->regexp;

a string holding a substitution expression, applied to the original string the client is holding, so the next domain name to look up can be constructed. it's giving glow-up transformation ✨

🦄 replacement

$replacement = $rr->replacement;
$rr->replacement( $replacement );

the next NAME to query — for NAPTR, SRV, or address records — depending on what's in the flags field. main character energy, it decides where the story goes next 🌟

Copyright (c)1997 Michael Fuhr.

Portions Copyright (c)2005 Olaf Kolkman, NLnet Labs.

Based on code contributed by Ryan Moats.

All rights reserved.

Package template (c)2009,2012 O.M.Kolkman and R.W.Franks.

🫶 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. read the fine print, it's short, you got this 💅

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.

😭 yeah that's the all-caps part. it's legally required to yell. no warranty, no drama, we move.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read them, iykyk 📚

and that's the page!! 🎉 cute little sign-off: this was brought to you by perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-09-02, filed under Net::DN...R::NAPTR(3) — yes the header's truncated, yes it's still iconic, bye bestie 💖✨🎀

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