unknown rr types seem to work

[adns.git] / src / adns.h

diff --git a/src/adns.h b/src/adns.h
index 65edbd8306a6f29e001fbeec9b50137a0abd7d1c..a29b568f33b8061de88e54b3883eb9d914f61557 100644 (file)
--- a/src/adns.h
+++ b/src/adns.h
@@ -104,25 +104,28 @@ typedef enum { /* In general, or together the desired flags: */
 } adns_queryflags;
 
 typedef enum {
- adns__rrt_typemask=0x0ffff,
+ adns_rrt_typemask=  0x0ffff,
  adns__qtf_deref=    0x10000,/* dereference domains; perhaps get extra data */
  adns__qtf_mail822=  0x20000,/* return mailboxes in RFC822 rcpt field fmt   */
 
  adns_r_unknown=     0x40000,
    /* To use this, ask for records of type   <rr-type-code>|adns_r_unknown.
-    * adns will not process the RDATA at all - you'll get intstr's, where
-    * the int is the length and the char* points to the data.  String
-    * representation of the RR data is as in RFC3597.  adns_rr_info
-    * will not return the type name in *rrtname_r (due to memory management
-    * problems); *fmtname_r will be set to "unknown".
+    * adns will not process the RDATA - you'll get adns_rr_byteblocks,
+    * where the int is the length and the unsigned char* points to the
+    * data.  String representation of the RR data (by adns_rrinfo) is as in
+    * RFC3597.  adns_rr_info will not return the type name in *rrtname_r
+    * (due to memory management problems); *fmtname_r will be set to
+    * "unknown".
     *
     * Do not specify adns_r_unknown along with a known RR type which
-    * requires domain name uncompression.  Domain names will not be
-    * uncompressed and the resulting data will be useless.  Asking for
-    * meta-RR types via adns_r_unknown will not work properly either
-    * and may make adns complain about server misbehaviour.
-    */
-                    
+    * requires domain name uncompression (see RFC3597 s4); domain names
+    * will not be uncompressed and the resulting data would be useless.
+    * Asking for meta-RR types via adns_r_unknown will not work properly
+    * either and may make adns complain about server misbehaviour, so don't
+    * do that.
+    *
+    * Don't forget adns_qf_quoteok if that's what you want. */
+
  adns_r_none=             0,
                     
  adns_r_a=                1,
@@ -332,6 +335,11 @@ typedef struct {
   adns_rr_hostaddr ha;
 } adns_rr_srvha;
 
+typedef struct {
+  int len;
+  unsigned char *data;
+} adns_rr_byteblock;
+
 typedef struct {
   adns_status status;
   char *cname; /* always NULL if query was for CNAME records */
@@ -350,10 +358,11 @@ typedef struct {
     adns_rr_intstrpair *intstrpair;  /* hinfo */
     adns_rr_strpair *strpair;        /* rp, rp_raw */
     adns_rr_inthostaddr *inthostaddr;/* mx */
-    adns_rr_intstr *intstr;          /* mx_raw, ...|unknown */
+    adns_rr_intstr *intstr;          /* mx_raw */
     adns_rr_soa *soa;                /* soa, soa_raw */
     adns_rr_srvraw *srvraw;          /* srv_raw */
     adns_rr_srvha *srvha;/* srv */
+    adns_rr_byteblock *byteblock;    /* ...|unknown */
   } rrs;
 } adns_answer;