org.xbill.DNS
Class TTL

java.lang.Object
  org.xbill.DNS.TTL

public final class TTL
extends Object

Routines for parsing BIND-style TTL values. These values consist of numbers followed by 1 letter units of time (W - week, D - day, H - hour, M - minute, S - second).

Author:

Brian Wellington

Field Summary

static long

MAX_VALUE

Method Summary

static String	format(long ttl)
static long	parse(String s, boolean clamp) Parses a TTL-like value, which can either be expressed as a number or a BIND-style string with numbers and units.
static long	parseTTL(String s) Parses a TTL, which can either be expressed as a number or a BIND-style string with numbers and units.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MAX_VALUE

public static final long MAX_VALUE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

parse

public static long parse(String s,
                         boolean clamp)

Parses a TTL-like value, which can either be expressed as a number or a BIND-style string with numbers and units.

Parameters:

s - The string representing the numeric value.

clamp - Whether to clamp values in the range [MAX_VALUE + 1, 2^32 -1] to MAX_VALUE. This should be donw for TTLs, but not other values which can be expressed in this format.

Returns:

The value as a number of seconds

Throws:

NumberFormatException - The string was not in a valid TTL format.

parseTTL

public static long parseTTL(String s)

Parses a TTL, which can either be expressed as a number or a BIND-style string with numbers and units.

Parameters:

s - The string representing the TTL

Returns:

The TTL as a number of seconds

Throws:

NumberFormatException - The string was not in a valid TTL format.

format

public static String format(long ttl)