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  <info>
    <date>2007-06-18</date>
  </info>
  <refentryinfo>
    <corpname>ISC</corpname>
    <corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>lwres_getipnode</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
    <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>

  <docinfo>
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      <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
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  </docinfo>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>lwres_getipnodebyname</refname>
    <refname>lwres_getipnodebyaddr</refname>
    <refname>lwres_freehostent</refname>
    <refpurpose>lightweight resolver nodename / address translation API</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;lwres/netdb.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcprototype>
        <funcdef>
struct hostent *
<function>lwres_getipnodebyname</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int <parameter>af</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int *<parameter>error_num</parameter></paramdef>
        </funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
        <funcdef>
struct hostent *
<function>lwres_getipnodebyaddr</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>const void *<parameter>src</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>size_t <parameter>len</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int <parameter>af</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int *<parameter>error_num</parameter></paramdef>
        </funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
        <funcdef>
void
<function>lwres_freehostent</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>struct hostent *<parameter>he</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>


    <para>
      These functions perform thread safe, protocol independent
      nodename-to-address and address-to-nodename
      translation as defined in RFC2553.
    </para>

    <para>
      They use a
      <type>struct hostent</type>
      which is defined in
      <filename>namedb.h</filename>:
    </para>
    <para><programlisting>
struct  hostent {
        char    *h_name;        /* official name of host */
        char    **h_aliases;    /* alias list */
        int     h_addrtype;     /* host address type */
        int     h_length;       /* length of address */
        char    **h_addr_list;  /* list of addresses from name server */
};
#define h_addr  h_addr_list[0]  /* address, for backward compatibility */
</programlisting>
    </para>

    <para>
      The members of this structure are:
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>h_name</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The official (canonical) name of the host.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>h_aliases</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              A NULL-terminated array of alternate names (nicknames) for the
              host.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>h_addrtype</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The type of address being returned - usually
              <type>PF_INET</type>
              or
              <type>PF_INET6</type>.

            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>h_length</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The length of the address in bytes.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>h_addr_list</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              A
              <type>NULL</type>
              terminated array of network addresses for the host.
              Host addresses are returned in network byte order.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>

    <para><function>lwres_getipnodebyname()</function>
      looks up addresses of protocol family <parameter>af</parameter>
      for the hostname <parameter>name</parameter>.  The
      <parameter>flags</parameter> parameter contains ORed flag bits
      to specify the types of addresses that are searched for, and the
      types of addresses that are returned.  The flag bits are:

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>AI_V4MAPPED</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This is used with an
              <parameter>af</parameter>
              of AF_INET6, and causes IPv4 addresses to be returned as
              IPv4-mapped
              IPv6 addresses.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>AI_ALL</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This is used with an
              <parameter>af</parameter>
              of AF_INET6, and causes all known addresses (IPv6 and IPv4) to
              be returned.
              If AI_V4MAPPED is also set, the IPv4 addresses are return as
              mapped
              IPv6 addresses.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>AI_ADDRCONFIG</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Only return an IPv6 or IPv4 address if here is an active network
              interface of that type.  This is not currently implemented
              in the BIND 9 lightweight resolver, and the flag is ignored.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>AI_DEFAULT</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This default sets the
              <constant>AI_V4MAPPED</constant>
              and
              <constant>AI_ADDRCONFIG</constant>
              flag bits.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>

    <para><function>lwres_getipnodebyaddr()</function>
      performs a reverse lookup of address <parameter>src</parameter>
      which is <parameter>len</parameter> bytes long.
      <parameter>af</parameter> denotes the protocol family, typically
      <type>PF_INET</type> or <type>PF_INET6</type>.
    </para>
    <para><function>lwres_freehostent()</function>
      releases all the memory associated with the <type>struct
      hostent</type> pointer <parameter>he</parameter>.  Any memory
      allocated for the <constant>h_name</constant>,
      <constant>h_addr_list</constant> and
      <constant>h_aliases</constant> is freed, as is the memory for
      the <type>hostent</type> structure itself.
    </para>
  </refsection>
  <refsection><info><title>RETURN VALUES</title></info>

    <para>
      If an error occurs,
      <function>lwres_getipnodebyname()</function>
      and
      <function>lwres_getipnodebyaddr()</function>
      set
      <parameter>*error_num</parameter>
      to an appropriate error code and the function returns a
      <type>NULL</type>
      pointer.
      The error codes and their meanings are defined in
      <filename>&lt;lwres/netdb.h&gt;</filename>:
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>HOST_NOT_FOUND</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              No such host is known.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>NO_ADDRESS</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              The server recognised the request and the name but no address is
              available.  Another type of request to the name server for the
              domain might return an answer.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>TRY_AGAIN</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              A temporary and possibly transient error occurred, such as a
              failure of a server to respond.  The request may succeed if
              retried.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><constant>NO_RECOVERY</constant></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              An unexpected failure occurred, and retrying the request
              is pointless.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </para>
    <para><citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres_hstrerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
      translates these error codes to suitable error messages.
    </para>
  </refsection>
  <refsection><info><title>SEE ALSO</title></info>

    <para><citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>RFC2553</refentrytitle>
      </citerefentry>,

      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,

      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres_gethostent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,

      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres_getaddrinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,

      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres_getnameinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,

      <citerefentry>
        <refentrytitle>lwres_hstrerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>.
    </para>
  </refsection>
</refentry>