NAME

       dnsjit.core.object - Base object that is passed between receiver and receivee

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

SEE ALSO

       dnsjit.core.object.pcap(3),    dnsjit.core.object.ether(3),    dnsjit.core.object.null(3),
       dnsjit.core.object.loop(3), dnsjit.core.object.linuxsll(3), dnsjit.core.object.ieee802(3),
       dnsjit.core.object.gre(3),      dnsjit.core.object.ip(3),       dnsjit.core.object.ip6(3),
       dnsjit.core.object.icmp(3),     dnsjit.core.object.icmp6(3),    dnsjit.core.object.udp(3),
       dnsjit.core.object.tcp(3), dnsjit.core.object.payload(3), dnsjit.core.object.dns(3)

AUTHORS and CONTRIBUTORS

       Jerry Lundström (DNS-OARC), Tomáš Křížek (CZ.NIC), Petr Špaček (ISC)

       Maintained by DNS-OARC

              https://www.dns-oarc.net/

BUGS

       For issues and feature requests please use:

              https://github.com/DNS-OARC/dnsjit/issues

       For question and help please use:

              admin@dns-oarc.net