new¶

    $object = new Net::DNS::Text('example');

Creates a text object which encapsulates a single character string component of a resource record.

Arbitrary single-byte characters can be represented by \ followed by exactly three decimal digits. Such characters are devoid of any special meaning.

A character preceded by \ represents itself, without any special interpretation.

decode¶

    $object = decode Net::DNS::Text( \$buffer, $offset );
    ( $object, $next ) = decode Net::DNS::Text( \$buffer, $offset );

Creates a text object which represents the decoded data at the indicated offset within the data buffer.

The argument list consists of a reference to a scalar containing the wire-format data and offset of the text data.

The returned offset value indicates the start of the next item in the data buffer.

encode¶

    $data = $object->encode;

Returns the wire-format encoded representation of the text object suitable for inclusion in a DNS packet buffer.

value¶

    $value = $text->value;

Character string representation of the text object.

string¶

    $string = $text->string;

Conditionally quoted zone file representation of the text object.