org.xbill.DNS

Class SOARecord

java.lang.Object

org.xbill.DNS.Record

org.xbill.DNS.SOARecord

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable<Record>

public class SOARecord
extends Record

Start of Authority - describes properties of a zone.

Author:

Brian Wellington

See Also:

RFC 1035: Domain Names - Implementation and Specification

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.xbill.DNS.Record

dclass, name, ttl, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SOARecord(Name name, int dclass, long ttl, Name host, Name admin, long serial, long refresh, long retry, long expire, long minimum) Creates an SOA Record from the given data

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Name	getAdmin() Returns the zone administrator's address
long	getExpire() Returns the time until a secondary expires a zone
Name	getHost() Returns the primary name server
long	getMinimum() Returns the minimum TTL for records in the zone
long	getRefresh() Returns the zone refresh interval
long	getRetry() Returns the zone retry interval
long	getSerial() Returns the zone's serial number
protected void	rdataFromString(Tokenizer st, Name origin) Converts the text format of an RR to the internal format - must be overriden
protected void	rrFromWire(DNSInput in) Converts the type-specific RR to wire format - must be overridden
protected String	rrToString() Convert to a String
protected void	rrToWire(DNSOutput out, Compression c, boolean canonical) Converts the type-specific RR to wire format - must be overriden

Methods inherited from class org.xbill.DNS.Record

byteArrayFromString, byteArrayToString, compareTo, equals, fromString, fromString, fromWire, getAdditionalName, getDClass, getName, getRRsetType, getTTL, getType, hashCode, newRecord, newRecord, newRecord, newRecord, rdataToString, rdataToWireCanonical, sameRRset, toString, toWire, toWireCanonical, unknownToString, withName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SOARecord

public SOARecord(Name name,
                 int dclass,
                 long ttl,
                 Name host,
                 Name admin,
                 long serial,
                 long refresh,
                 long retry,
                 long expire,
                 long minimum)

Creates an SOA Record from the given data

Parameters:

host - The primary name server for the zone

admin - The zone administrator's address

serial - The zone's serial number

refresh - The amount of time until a secondary checks for a new serial number

retry - The amount of time between a secondary's checks for a new serial number

expire - The amount of time until a secondary expires a zone

minimum - The minimum TTL for records in the zone

Method Detail

rrFromWire

protected void rrFromWire(DNSInput in)
                   throws IOException

Description copied from class: Record

Converts the type-specific RR to wire format - must be overridden

Specified by:

rrFromWire in class Record

Throws:

IOException

rdataFromString

protected void rdataFromString(Tokenizer st,
                               Name origin)
                        throws IOException

Description copied from class: Record

Converts the text format of an RR to the internal format - must be overriden

Specified by:

rdataFromString in class Record

Throws:

IOException

rrToString

protected String rrToString()

Convert to a String

Specified by:

rrToString in class Record

getHost

public Name getHost()

Returns the primary name server

getAdmin

public Name getAdmin()

Returns the zone administrator's address

getSerial

public long getSerial()

Returns the zone's serial number

getRefresh

public long getRefresh()

Returns the zone refresh interval

getRetry

public long getRetry()

Returns the zone retry interval

getExpire

public long getExpire()

Returns the time until a secondary expires a zone

getMinimum

public long getMinimum()

Returns the minimum TTL for records in the zone

rrToWire

protected void rrToWire(DNSOutput out,
                        Compression c,
                        boolean canonical)

Description copied from class: Record

Converts the type-specific RR to wire format - must be overriden

Specified by:

rrToWire in class Record