Package org.xbill.DNS

Class MFRecord

java.lang.Object

org.xbill.DNS.Record

org.xbill.DNS.MFRecord

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Record>

public class MFRecord
extends Record

Mail Forwarder Record - specifies a mail agent which forwards mail for a domain (obsolete)

Author:

Brian Wellington

See Also:

• RFC 973: Domain System Changes and Observations
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Name	singleName

Fields inherited from class org.xbill.DNS.Record

dclass, name, ttl, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MFRecord(Name name, int dclass, long ttl, Name mailAgent)	Creates a new MF Record with the given data

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Name	getAdditionalName()	Returns the name for which additional data processing should be done for this record.
Name	getMailAgent()	Gets the mail agent for the domain
protected Name	getSingleName()
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 the type-specific RR to text format - must be overridden.
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, 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

Field Details

singleName

protected Name singleName

Constructor Details

MFRecord

public MFRecord(Name name,
 int dclass,
 long ttl,
 Name mailAgent)

Creates a new MF Record with the given data

Parameters:

mailAgent - The mail agent that forwards mail for the domain.

Method Details

getMailAgent

public Name getMailAgent()

Gets the mail agent for the domain

getAdditionalName

public Name getAdditionalName()

Description copied from class: Record

Returns the name for which additional data processing should be done for this record. This can be used both for building responses and parsing responses.

Overrides:

getAdditionalName in class Record

Returns:

The name to used for additional data processing, or null if this record type does not require additional data processing.

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()

Description copied from class: Record

Converts the type-specific RR to text format - must be overridden.

Specified by:

rrToString in class Record

getSingleName

protected Name getSingleName()

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