org.xbill.DNS
Class SOARecord

java.lang.Object
  org.xbill.DNS.Record
      org.xbill.DNS.SOARecord

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable

public class SOARecord
extends Record

Start of Authority - describes properties of a zone.

Author:

Brian Wellington

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.xbill.DNS.Record

dclass, name, ttl, type

Constructor Summary

SOARecord(Name name, int dclass, long ttl, Name host, Name admin, long serial, long refresh, long retry, long expire, long minimum)
Creates an SOA Record from the given data

Method Summary

Name	getAdmin() Returns the zone administrator's address
long	getExpire() Returns the time until a secondary expires a zone
Name	getHost() Returns the primary name server
long	getMinimum() Returns the minimum TTL for records in the zone
long	getRefresh() Returns the zone refresh interval
long	getRetry() Returns the zone retry interval
long	getSerial() Returns the zone's serial number

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, toString, toWire, toWireCanonical, unknownToString, withName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SOARecord

public SOARecord(Name name,
                 int dclass,
                 long ttl,
                 Name host,
                 Name admin,
                 long serial,
                 long refresh,
                 long retry,
                 long expire,
                 long minimum)

Creates an SOA Record from the given data

Parameters:

host - The primary name server for the zone

admin - The zone administrator's address

serial - The zone's serial number

refresh - The amount of time until a secondary checks for a new serial number

retry - The amount of time between a secondary's checks for a new serial number

expire - The amount of time until a secondary expires a zone

minimum - The minimum TTL for records in the zone

Method Detail

getHost

public Name getHost()

Returns the primary name server

getAdmin

public Name getAdmin()

Returns the zone administrator's address

getSerial

public long getSerial()

Returns the zone's serial number

getRefresh

public long getRefresh()

Returns the zone refresh interval

getRetry

public long getRetry()

Returns the zone retry interval

getExpire

public long getExpire()

Returns the time until a secondary expires a zone

getMinimum

public long getMinimum()

Returns the minimum TTL for records in the zone