pcpp::IDnsResource Class Reference

#include <DnsLayer.h>

Inheritance diagram for pcpp::IDnsResource:

Public Types
enum	ResourceType { DnsQuery = 0, DnsAnswer = 1, DnsAuthority = 2, DnsAdditional = 3 }

Public Member Functions
DnsType	getDnsType ()
void	setDnsType (DnsType newType)
DnsClass	getDnsClass ()
void	setDnsClass (DnsClass newClass)
std::string	getName ()
bool	setName (const std::string &newName)
virtual size_t	getSize ()=0
virtual ResourceType	getType ()=0

Detailed Description

An abstract class for representing all types of DNS records. This class gives access to all available record data such as DNS type, class, name, type of record, etc. The DnsLayer holds an instance of (inherited type of) this class for each DNS record in the DNS packet

Member Enumeration Documentation

ResourceType

enum pcpp::IDnsResource::ResourceType

An enum for representing the 4 types of possible DNS records

Enumerator
DnsQuery	DNS query record
DnsAnswer	DNS answer record
DnsAuthority	DNS authority record
DnsAdditional	DNS additional record

Member Function Documentation

getDnsClass()

DnsClass pcpp::IDnsResource::getDnsClass

(

)

Returns

The DNS class of this record

getDnsType()

DnsType pcpp::IDnsResource::getDnsType

(

)

Returns

The DNS type of this record

getName()

std::string pcpp::IDnsResource::getName ( )

inline

Returns

The name of this record

getSize()

virtual size_t pcpp::IDnsResource::getSize ( )

pure virtual

Returns

The total size in bytes of this record

Implemented in pcpp::DnsResource, and pcpp::DnsQuery.

getType()

virtual ResourceType pcpp::IDnsResource::getType ( )

pure virtual

Returns

The type of this record (query, answer, authority, additional)

Implemented in pcpp::DnsResource, and pcpp::DnsQuery.

setDnsClass()

void pcpp::IDnsResource::setDnsClass

(

DnsClass

newClass

)

Set DNS class for this record

Parameters

[in]

newClass

The class to set

setDnsType()

void pcpp::IDnsResource::setDnsType

(

DnsType

newType

)

Set DNS type for this record

Parameters

[in]

newType

The type to set

setName()

bool pcpp::IDnsResource::setName

(

const std::string &

newName

)

Set the name of this record. Note the new name can be shorter or longer of the old name, so this method can cause the packet to be shorten or extended

Parameters

[in]

newName

The name to set