Package org.xbill.DNS

Class ARecord

java.lang.Object

org.xbill.DNS.Record

org.xbill.DNS.ARecord

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Record>

public class ARecord
extends Record

Address Record - maps a domain name to an Internet address

Author:

Brian Wellington

See Also:

• RFC 1035: Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.xbill.DNS.Record

dclass, name, ttl, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ARecord(Name name, int dclass, long ttl, byte[] address)	Creates an A Record from the given data
ARecord(Name name, int dclass, long ttl, InetAddress address)	Creates an A Record from the given data

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
InetAddress	getAddress()	Returns the Internet address
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()	Converts rdata to a String
protected void	rrToWire(DNSOutput out, Compression c, boolean canonical)	Converts the type-specific RR to wire format - must be overridden.

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, sameRRset, toString, toWire, toWireCanonical, unknownToString, withName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ARecord

public ARecord(Name name,
 int dclass,
 long ttl,
 InetAddress address)

Creates an A Record from the given data

Parameters:

address - The address that the name refers to

ARecord

public ARecord(Name name,
 int dclass,
 long ttl,
 byte[] address)

Creates an A Record from the given data

Parameters:

address - The address that the name refers to

Since:

3.6

Method Details

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()

Converts rdata to a String

Specified by:

rrToString in class Record

getAddress

public InetAddress getAddress()

Returns the Internet address

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 overridden.

Specified by:

rrToWire in class Record