privaterr.go

/*
PRIVATE RR

RFC 6895 sets aside a range of type codes for private use. This range
is 65,280 - 65,534 (0xFF00 - 0xFFFE). When experimenting with new Resource Records these
can be used, before requesting an official type code from IANA.
*/
package dns

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

// PrivateRdata is an interface used for implementing "Private Use" RR types, see
// RFC 6895. This allows one to experiment with new RR types, without requesting an
// official type code. Also see dns.PrivateHandle and dns.PrivateHandleRemove.
type PrivateRdata interface {
	// String returns the text presentaton of the Rdata of the Private RR.
	String() string
	// Parse parses the Rdata of the private RR.
	Parse([]string) error
	// Pack is used when packing a private RR into a buffer.
	Pack([]byte) (int, error)
	// Unpack is used when unpacking a private RR from a buffer.
	// TODO(miek): diff. signature than Pack, see edns0.go for instance.
	Unpack([]byte) (int, error)
	// Copy copies the Rdata.
	Copy(PrivateRdata) error
	// Len returns the length in octets of the Rdata.
	Len() int
}

// PrivateRR represents an RR that uses a PrivateRdata user-defined type.
// It mocks normal RRs and implements dns.RR interface.
type PrivateRR struct {
	Hdr  RR_Header
	Data PrivateRdata
}

func mkPrivateRR(rrtype uint16) *PrivateRR {
	// Panics if RR is not an instance of PrivateRR.
	rrfunc, ok := typeToRR[rrtype]
	if !ok {
		panic(fmt.Sprintf("dns: invalid operation with Private RR type %d", rrtype))
	}

	anyrr := rrfunc()
	switch rr := anyrr.(type) {
	case *PrivateRR:
		return rr
	}
	panic(fmt.Sprintf("dns: RR is not a PrivateRR, typeToRR[%d] generator returned %T", rrtype, anyrr))
}

func (r *PrivateRR) Header() *RR_Header { return &r.Hdr }
func (r *PrivateRR) String() string     { return r.Hdr.String() + r.Data.String() }

// Private len and copy parts to satisfy RR interface.
func (r *PrivateRR) len() int { return r.Hdr.len() + r.Data.Len() }
func (r *PrivateRR) copy() RR {
	// make new RR like this:
	rr := mkPrivateRR(r.Hdr.Rrtype)
	newh := r.Hdr.copyHeader()
	rr.Hdr = *newh

	err := r.Data.Copy(rr.Data)
	if err != nil {
		panic("dns: got value that could not be used to copy Private rdata")
	}
	return rr
}

// PrivateHandle registers a private resource record type. It requires
// string and numeric representation of private RR type and generator function as argument.
func PrivateHandle(rtypestr string, rtype uint16, generator func() PrivateRdata) {
	rtypestr = strings.ToUpper(rtypestr)

	typeToRR[rtype] = func() RR { return &PrivateRR{RR_Header{}, generator()} }
	TypeToString[rtype] = rtypestr
	StringToType[rtypestr] = rtype

	setPrivateRR := func(h RR_Header, c chan lex, o, f string) (RR, *ParseError, string) {
		rr := mkPrivateRR(h.Rrtype)
		rr.Hdr = h

		var l lex
		text := make([]string, 0, 2) // could be 0..N elements, median is probably 1
	FETCH:
		for {
			// TODO(miek): we could also be returning _QUOTE, this might or might not
			// be an issue (basically parsing TXT becomes hard)
			switch l = <-c; l.value {
			case _NEWLINE, _EOF:
				break FETCH
			case _STRING:
				text = append(text, l.token)
			}
		}

		err := rr.Data.Parse(text)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, &ParseError{f, err.Error(), l}, ""
		}

		return rr, nil, ""
	}

	typeToparserFunc[rtype] = parserFunc{setPrivateRR, true}
}

// PrivateHandleRemove removes defenitions required to support private RR type.
func PrivateHandleRemove(rtype uint16) {
	rtypestr, ok := TypeToString[rtype]
	if ok {
		delete(typeToRR, rtype)
		delete(TypeToString, rtype)
		delete(typeToparserFunc, rtype)
		delete(StringToType, rtypestr)
	}
	return
}