package Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::MF;

use strict;
#use warnings;

use vars qw($VERSION);

$VERSION = do { my @r = (q$Revision: 0.02 $ =~ /\d+/g); sprintf "%d."."%02d" x $#r, @r };

require Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::NS;       

*get = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::NS::get;  
*put = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::NS::put;  
*parse = \&Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::NS::parse;  

=head1 NAME

Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::MF - Resource Record Handler

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  DO NOT use Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::MF
  DO NOT require Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::MF

  Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::MF is autoloaded by 
  class Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR and its methods
  are instantiated in a 'special' manner.

  use Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR;
  ($get,$put,$parse) = new Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR;

  ($newoff,$name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
        $madname) = $get->MF(\$buffer,$offset);

  Note: the $get->MF method is normally called
  via:  @stuff = $get->next(\$buffer,$offset);

  ($newoff,@dnptrs)=$put->MF(\$buffer,$offset,\@dnptrs,
	$name,$type,$class,$ttl,$madname);

  $NAME,$TYPE,$CLASS,$TTL,$rdlength,$MADNAME) 
    = $parse->XYZ($name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
        $madname);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR:MF> appends an MF resource record to a DNS packet under
construction, recovers an MF resource record from a packet being decoded, and 
converts the numeric/binary portions of the resource record to human
readable form.

  Description from RFC1035.txt

  3.2.1. Format

  All RRs have the same top level format shown below:

                                    1  1  1  1  1  1
      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  0  1  2  3  4  5
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                      NAME                     |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                      TYPE                     |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                     CLASS                     |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                      TTL                      |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                   RDLENGTH                    |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--|
    |                     RDATA                     |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

  NAME	an owner name, i.e., the name of the node to which this
	resource record pertains.

  TYPE	two octets containing one of the RR TYPE codes.

  CLASS	two octets containing one of the RR CLASS codes.

  TTL	a 32 bit signed integer that specifies the time interval
	that the resource record may be cached before the source
	of the information should again be consulted.  Zero
	values are interpreted to mean that the RR can only be
	used for the transaction in progress, and should not be
	cached.  For example, SOA records are always distributed
	with a zero TTL to prohibit caching.  Zero values can
	also be used for extremely volatile data.

  RDLENGTH an unsigned 16 bit integer that specifies the length
	in octets of the RDATA field.

  RDATA	a variable length string of octets that describes the
	resource.  The format of this information varies
	according to the TYPE and CLASS of the resource record.

    3.3.5. MF RDATA format (OBSOLETE)

    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    /                   MADNAME                     /
    /                                               /
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

    where:

    MADNAME  A <domain-name> which specifies a host which has a 
	mail agent for the domain which will accept mail for
	forwarding to the domain.

	MF records cause additional section processing which looks 
	up an A type record corresponding to MADNAME.

	MF is obsolete.  See the definition of MX and [RFC-974] 
	for details of the new scheme.  The recommended policy for 
	dealing with MD RRs found in a master file is to reject 
	them, or to convert them to MX RRs with a preference of 10.

=over 4

=item * @stuff = $get->MF(\$buffer,$offset);

  Get the contents of the resource record.

  USE: @stuff = $get->next(\$buffer,$offset);

  where: @stuff = (
  $newoff $name,$type,$class,$ttl,$rdlength,
  $madname );

All except the last item, B<$madname>, is provided by
the class loader, B<Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR>. The code in this method knows
how to retrieve B<$madname>.

  input:        pointer to buffer,
                offset into buffer
  returns:      offset to next resource,
                @common RR elements,
		MF Domain Name

=item * ($newoff,@dnptrs)=$put->MF(\$buffer,$offset,\@dnptrs,
	$name,$type,$class,$ttl,$madname);

Append an MF record to $buffer.

  where @common = (
	$name,$type,$class,$ttl);

The method will insert the $rdlength and $madname, then
pass through the updated pointer to the array of compressed names            

The class loader, B<Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR>, inserts the @common elements and
returns updated @dnptrs. This module knows how to insert its RDATA and
calculate the $rdlength.

  input:        pointer to buffer,
                offset (normally end of buffer), 
                pointer to compressed name array,
                @common RR elements,
		MF Domain Name
  output:       offset to next RR,
                new compressed name pointer array,
           or   empty list () on error.

=item * (@COMMON,$MADNAME) = $parse->MF(@common,$madname);

Converts binary/numeric field data into human readable form. The common RR
elements are supplied by the class loader, B<Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR>.
For MF RR's, this returns the $madname terminated with '.'

  input:	MF Domain Name
  returns:	MF Domain Name.

=back

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

	Net::DNS::ToolKit
	Net::DNS::Codes
	Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::NS

=head1 EXPORT

	none

=head1 AUTHOR

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

    Copyright 2003 - 2011, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>
   
Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of either:

  a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
  later version, or

  b) the "Artistic License" which comes with this distribution.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See either    
the GNU General Public License or the Artistic License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this
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one.

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=head1 See also:

Net::DNS::Codes(3), Net::DNS::ToolKit(3)

=cut

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