twisted.names.dns.Name
class documentationtwisted.names.dns
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Implements interfaces: twisted.names.dns.IEncodable
A name in the domain name system, made up of multiple labels. For example, twistedmatrix.com.
Instance Variable | name | A byte string giving the name. (type: bytes ) |
Method | __init__ | |
Method | encode | Encode this Name into the appropriate byte format. |
Method | decode | Decode a byte string into this Name. |
Method | __eq__ | Undocumented |
Method | __ne__ | Undocumented |
Method | __hash__ | Undocumented |
Method | __str__ | Represent this Name instance by its
string name. |
Encode this Name into the appropriate byte format.
Parameters | strio | The byte representation of this Name will be written to this file. (type: file) |
compDict | dictionary of Names that have already been encoded and whose addresses may be backreferenced by this Name (for the purpose of reducing the message size). (type: dict) |
Decode a byte string into this Name.
Parameters | strio | Bytes will be read from this file until the full Name is decoded. (type: file) |
Raises | EOFError | Raised when there are not enough bytes available from strio . |
ValueError | Raised when the name cannot be decoded (for example, because it contains a loop). |