dnsjit.core.object - Man Page

Base object that is passed between receiver and receivee

Synopsis

require("dnsjit.core.object")
print(object:type())
packet = object:cast()

This is the base object that can be casted to other objects that to describe a DNS message, how it was captured or generated. Objects can be chained together, for example a DNS message is created ontop of a packet.

Attributes

obj_type: The enum of the object type.
obj_prev: The previous object in the object chain.

Functions

Object:type(): Return the textual type of the object.
Object:prev(): Return the previous object.
Object:cast(): Cast the object to the underlining object module and return it.
Object:cast_to(obj_type): Cast the object to the specified object module and return it. Returns nil if the object chain doesn't contained the specified object type.
Object:uncast(): Cast the object to the generic object module and return it.
Object:copy(): Make a copy of the object and return it.
Object:free(): Free the object, should only be used on copies or otherwise allocated.