org.jasen.interfaces
Interface DNSResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

JasenDNSResolver

public interface DNSResolver

Resolves dns records.

Author:

Jason Polites

Method Summary

Attributes

lookup(String host, String type) Performs a DNS lookup to retrieve the DNS records for the given host.

Method Detail

lookup

public Attributes lookup(String host,
                         String type)
                  throws NamingException

Performs a DNS lookup to retrieve the DNS records for the given host.

The type parameter represents the record type. For example:

 lookup("microsoft.com", "A")
 

Will return all the "A" records for microsoft.com

The jASEN engine will use this DNS resolver if specified, otherwise the internal DNS resolver will be used

Parameters:

host - The web host to lookup

type - The type of DNS entry to be returned (eg. A or MX)

Returns:

The attributes of the registered DNS entry for the given host

Throws:

NamingException - If the name could not be found