Zonema...Methods(3pm)

👑 NAME

Zonemaster::Engine::TestMethods — the methods that literally every Test Specification test module shares, fr fr

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

my @results = Zonemaster::Engine::TestMethods->method1($zone);

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💅 METHODS 💅

okay bestie, quick heads up before we dive in: for the actual deets on what each of these methods implements, go read the test specification documents. this page is just the vibes + the return types. 🫶

• method1($zone) — hands you back either a Zonemaster::Engine::Zone, or undef if it's feeling mysterious. 🙈
• method2($zone) — returns an arrayref full of Zonemaster::Engine::DNSName objects. so many of them. iconic. 💖
• method3($zone) — also returns an arrayref of Zonemaster::Engine::DNSName objects. yes, we have two. no, we're not going to explain why here. (the test spec knows. iykyk.) ✨
• method4($zone) — returns something that behaves like an arrayref of Zonemaster::Engine::Nameserver objects. it's giving arrayref energy without committing to actually being one. 🦋
• method5($zone) — same situation: returns something that behaves like an arrayref of Zonemaster::Engine::Nameserver objects. 🦋
• method2and3($zone) — the friendship reunion!! returns the union of the Zonemaster::Engine::DNSName objects you get from method2($zone) and method3($zone), all wrapped up in an arrayref. and the elements are sorted according to their string representation, because we are organized and we are unbothered. 🌸
• method4and5($zone) — the other friendship reunion!! returns the union of the Zonemaster::Engine::Nameserver objects from method4($zone) and method5($zone), as an arrayref. elements sorted according to their string representation, same as above. consistency is the moment. 💜

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💀 lowkey important: method4 and method5 say "behaves like" an arrayref, not "is" an arrayref. don't get caught out there treating them like something they didn't promise to be.

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aaaand that's the whole page bestie 🎀 this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-03-21, and it lives under the name Zonema...Methods(3pm) — mwah, bye 💅✨