dnsmgr.h

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/*! \file
 * \brief Background DNS update manager
 */

#ifndef _ASTERISK_DNSMGR_H
#define _ASTERISK_DNSMGR_H

#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif

#include "asterisk/netsock2.h"
#include "asterisk/srv.h"

/*!
 * \brief A DNS manager entry
 *
 * This is an opaque type.
 */
struct ast_dnsmgr_entry;

/*!
 * \brief Allocate a new DNS manager entry
 *
 * \param name the hostname
 * \param result where the DNS manager should store the IP address as it refreshes it.
 * \param service
 *
 * \details
 * This function allocates a new DNS manager entry object, and fills it with the
 * provided hostname and IP address.  This function does not force an initial lookup
 * of the IP address.  So, generally, this should be used when the initial address
 * is already known.
 *
 * \return a DNS manager entry
 * \version 1.6.1 result changed from struct in_addr to struct sockaddr_in to store port number
 * \version 1.8.0 result changed from struct ast_sockaddr_in to ast_sockaddr for IPv6 support
 */
struct ast_dnsmgr_entry *ast_dnsmgr_get(const char *name, struct ast_sockaddr *result, const char *service);

/*!
 * \brief Allocate a new DNS manager entry
 *
 * \param name the hostname
 * \param result where the DNS manager should store the IP address as it refreshes it.
 * \param service
 * \param family Address family to filter DNS addresses.
 *
 * \details
 * This function allocates a new DNS manager entry object, and fills it with the
 * provided hostname and IP address.  This function does not force an initial lookup
 * of the IP address.  So, generally, this should be used when the initial address
 * is already known.
 *
 * \return a DNS manager entry
 */
struct ast_dnsmgr_entry *ast_dnsmgr_get_family(const char *name, struct ast_sockaddr *result, const char *service, unsigned int family);

/*!
 * \brief Free a DNS manager entry
 *
 * \param entry the DNS manager entry to free
 *
 * \return nothing
 */
void ast_dnsmgr_release(struct ast_dnsmgr_entry *entry);

/*!
 * \brief Allocate and initialize a DNS manager entry
 *
 * \param name the hostname
 * \param result where to store the IP address as the DNS manager refreshes it.
 * The address family is used as an input parameter to filter the returned addresses.
 * If it is 0, both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses can be returned.
 * \param dnsmgr Where to store the allocate DNS manager entry
 * \param service
 *
 * \note
 * This function allocates a new DNS manager entry object, and fills it with
 * the provided hostname and IP address.  This function _does_ force an initial
 * lookup, so it may block for some period of time.
 *
 * \retval 0 success
 * \retval non-zero failure
 * \version 1.6.1 result changed from struct in_addr to struct aockaddr_in to store port number
 */
int ast_dnsmgr_lookup(const char *name, struct ast_sockaddr *result, struct ast_dnsmgr_entry **dnsmgr, const char *service);

/*!
 * \brief Force a refresh of a dnsmgr entry
 *
 * \retval non-zero if the result is different than the previous result
 * \retval zero if the result is the same as the previous result
 */
int ast_dnsmgr_refresh(struct ast_dnsmgr_entry *entry);

/*!
 * \brief Check is see if a dnsmgr entry has changed
 *
 * \retval non-zero if the dnsmgr entry has changed since the last call to
 *                  this function
 * \retval zero     if the dnsmgr entry has not changed since the last call to
 *                  this function
 */
int ast_dnsmgr_changed(struct ast_dnsmgr_entry *entry);

#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
}
#endif /* c_plusplus */

#endif /* ASTERISK_DNSMGR_H */