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NAME

6       Net::DNS::Question - DNS question class
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SYNOPSIS

9       "use Net::DNS::Question"
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DESCRIPTION

12       A "Net::DNS::Question" object represents a record in the question sec‐
13       tion of a DNS packet.
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METHODS

16       new
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18           $question = Net::DNS::Question->new("example.com", "MX", "IN");
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20       Creates a question object from the domain, type, and class passed as
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23       RFC4291 and RFC4632 IP address/prefix notation is supported for queries
24       in in-addr.arpa and ip6.arpa subdomains.
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26       qname, zname
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28           print "qname = ", $question->qname, "\n";
29           print "zname = ", $question->zname, "\n";
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31       Returns the domain name.  In dynamic update packets, this field is
32       known as "zname" and refers to the zone name.
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36           print "qtype = ", $question->qtype, "\n";
37           print "ztype = ", $question->ztype, "\n";
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39       Returns the record type.  In dymamic update packets, this field is
40       known as "ztype" and refers to the zone type (must be SOA).
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44           print "qclass = ", $question->qclass, "\n";
45           print "zclass = ", $question->zclass, "\n";
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47       Returns the record class.  In dynamic update packets, this field is
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54       Prints the question record on the standard output.
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60       Returns a string representation of the question record.
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64           $qdata = $question->data($packet, $offset);
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66       Returns the question record in binary format suitable for inclusion in
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69       Arguments are a "Net::DNS::Packet" object and the offset within that
70       packet's data where the "Net::DNS::Question" record is to be stored.
71       This information is necessary for using compressed domain names.
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74       Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Michael Fuhr.
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76       Portions Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Chris Reinhardt.
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78       Portions Copyright (c) 2003,2006-2007 Dick Franks.
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80       All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you may redis‐
81       tribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

84       perl(1), Net::DNS, Net::DNS::Resolver, Net::DNS::Packet,
85       Net::DNS::Update, Net::DNS::Header, Net::DNS::RR, RFC 1035 Section
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