org.xbill.DNS
Class Name

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.xbill.DNS.Name

public class Name

extends Object

A representation of a domain name.

Field Summary

static Name

root The root name

Constructor Summary

Name(DataByteInputStream in, org.xbill.DNS.Compression c)
Create a new name from DNS wire format

Name(Name d, int n)
Create a new name by removing labels from the beginning of an existing Name

Name(String s)
Create a new name from a string

Name(String s, Name origin)
Create a new name from a string and an origin

Method Summary

void	append(Name d) Appends the specified name to the end of the current Name
boolean	equals(Object arg) Are these two Names equivalent?
int	hashCode() Computes a hashcode based on the value
boolean	isQualified() Is this name fully qualified?
boolean	isWild() Is this name a wildcard?
byte	labels() The number of labels
short	length() The length
boolean	subdomain(Name domain) Is the current Name a subdomain of the specified name?
String	toString() Convert Name to a String
void	toWire(DataByteOutputStream out, org.xbill.DNS.Compression c) Convert Name to DNS wire format
void	toWireCanonical(DataByteOutputStream out) Convert Name to canonical DNS wire format (all lowercase)
Name	wild(int n) Generates a new Name with the first n labels replaced by a wildcard

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

root

public static Name root

The root name

Constructor Detail

Name

public Name(String s,
            Name origin)

Create a new name from a string and an origin

Parameters:

s - The string to be converted

origin - If the name is unqalified, the origin to be appended

Name

public Name(String s)

Create a new name from a string

Parameters:

s - The string to be converted

Name

public Name(DataByteInputStream in,
            org.xbill.DNS.Compression c)
     throws IOException

Create a new name from DNS wire format

Parameters:

in - A stream containing the input data

c - The compression context. This should be null unless a full message is being parsed.

Name

public Name(Name d,
            int n)

Create a new name by removing labels from the beginning of an existing Name

Parameters:

d - An existing Name

n - The number of labels to remove from the beginning in the copy

Method Detail

wild

public Name wild(int n)

Generates a new Name with the first n labels replaced by a wildcard

Returns:

The wildcard name

isWild

public boolean isWild()

Is this name a wildcard?

isQualified

public boolean isQualified()

Is this name fully qualified?

append

public void append(Name d)

Appends the specified name to the end of the current Name

length

public short length()

The length

labels

public byte labels()

The number of labels

subdomain

public boolean subdomain(Name domain)

Is the current Name a subdomain of the specified name?

toString

public String toString()

Convert Name to a String

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toWire

public void toWire(DataByteOutputStream out,
                   org.xbill.DNS.Compression c)
            throws IOException

Convert Name to DNS wire format

toWireCanonical

public void toWireCanonical(DataByteOutputStream out)
                     throws IOException

Convert Name to canonical DNS wire format (all lowercase)

equals

public boolean equals(Object arg)

Are these two Names equivalent?

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Computes a hashcode based on the value

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object