gskdnslocalresolver

gskdnslocalresolver — a DNS resolver which uses just a local resource-record cache.

Synopsis

                    GskDnsLocalResolverClass;
                    GskDnsLocalResolver;
GskDnsResolver *    gsk_dns_local_resolver_new          (GskDnsRRCache *rr_cache);
enum                GskDnsLocalResult;
GskDnsLocalResult   gsk_dns_local_resolver_answer       (GskDnsRRCache *rr_cache,
                                                         GskDnsQuestion *question,
                                                         GskDnsMessage *results);

Object Hierarchy

  GObject
   +----GskDnsLocalResolver

Properties

  "resource-cache"           GskDnsRRCache*        : Read / Write

Description

A DNS resolver which uses nothing more than a GskDnsRRCache. This can be used to provide a backend for a server.

Details

GskDnsLocalResolverClass

typedef struct _GskDnsLocalResolverClass GskDnsLocalResolverClass;

Class for local DNS resolvers.


GskDnsLocalResolver

typedef struct _GskDnsLocalResolver GskDnsLocalResolver;

Instance for local DNS resolvers.


gsk_dns_local_resolver_new ()

GskDnsResolver *    gsk_dns_local_resolver_new          (GskDnsRRCache *rr_cache);

Create a new local resolver based on an optional resource-record cache.

rr_cache :

resource-record cache to use.

Returns :

the newly allocated resolver.

enum GskDnsLocalResult

typedef enum
{
  GSK_DNS_LOCAL_NO_DATA,
  GSK_DNS_LOCAL_PARTIAL_DATA,
  GSK_DNS_LOCAL_NEGATIVE,
  GSK_DNS_LOCAL_SUCCESS
} GskDnsLocalResult;

Possible results from a local DNS query.

GSK_DNS_LOCAL_NO_DATA

No relevant data was found.

GSK_DNS_LOCAL_PARTIAL_DATA

Some data was found, but not a complete answer.

GSK_DNS_LOCAL_NEGATIVE

A definite negative answer was found.

GSK_DNS_LOCAL_SUCCESS

All requested data was found successfully.

gsk_dns_local_resolver_answer ()

GskDnsLocalResult   gsk_dns_local_resolver_answer       (GskDnsRRCache *rr_cache,
                                                         GskDnsQuestion *question,
                                                         GskDnsMessage *results);

Attempt to compute an answer to a DNS question, using only information locally available in the resource-record cache.

rr_cache :

resource-record cache to use to derive the answer to the question.

question :

question to answer.

results :

message to store results in.

Returns :

the result of the query.

Property Details

The "resource-cache" property

  "resource-cache"           GskDnsRRCache*        : Read / Write

cache of resource data used to answer queries.