1 /* 2 * Copyright 2015 The Netty Project 3 * 4 * The Netty Project licenses this file to you under the Apache License, 5 * version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: 7 * 8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 12 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 13 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations 14 * under the License. 15 */ 16 package io.netty.handler.codec.dns; 17 18 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf; 19 import io.netty.util.internal.UnstableApi; 20 21 /** 22 * Decodes a DNS record into its object representation. 23 * 24 * @see DatagramDnsResponseDecoder 25 */ 26 @UnstableApi 27 public interface DnsRecordDecoder { 28 29 DnsRecordDecoder DEFAULT = new DefaultDnsRecordDecoder(); 30 31 /** 32 * Decodes a DNS question into its object representation. 33 * 34 * @param in the input buffer which contains a DNS question at its reader index 35 */ 36 DnsQuestion decodeQuestion(ByteBuf in) throws Exception; 37 38 /** 39 * Decodes a DNS record into its object representation. 40 * 41 * @param in the input buffer which contains a DNS record at its reader index 42 * 43 * @return the decoded record, or {@code null} if there are not enough data in the input buffer 44 */ 45 <T extends DnsRecord> T decodeRecord(ByteBuf in) throws Exception; 46 }