1 /* 2 * Copyright 2017 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.resolver.dns; 17 18 import java.net.InetAddress; 19 20 /** 21 * Represents the results from a previous DNS query which can be cached. 22 */ 23 public interface DnsCacheEntry { 24 /** 25 * Get the resolved address. 26 * <p> 27 * This may be null if the resolution failed, and in that case {@link #cause()} will describe the failure. 28 * @return the resolved address. 29 */ 30 InetAddress address(); 31 32 /** 33 * If the DNS query failed this will provide the rational. 34 * @return the rational for why the DNS query failed, or {@code null} if the query hasn't failed. 35 */ 36 Throwable cause(); 37 }