dnsjit.core.object.payload(3)

Overview

Payload object contains the data carried by the underlying transport protocol. Payload is usually at the top of the object chain after parsing with, for example, dnsjit.filter.layer.

Attributes

`payload`	A pointer to the payload.
`len`	The length of the payload.
`padding`	The length of padding in the underlying packet.

Functions

`Payload:type()`	Return the textual type of the object.
`Payload:prev()`	Return the previous object.
`Payload:cast()`	Cast the object to the underlining object module and return it.
`Payload:uncast()`	Cast the object to the generic object module and return it.
`Payload:copy()`	Make a copy of the object and return it.
`Payload:free()`	Free the object, should only be used on copies or otherwise allocated.

AUTHORS and CONTRIBUTORS

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

Maintained by DNS-OARC

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

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

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Referred to by

dnsjit.core.object(3) Base object that is passed between receiver and receivee dnsjit.core.objects(3) Easy way to import all objects dnsjit.filter.layer(3) Parse the ether/IP stack dnsjit.lib.base64url(3) Utility library to convert data to base64url format dnsjit.core.object.dns(3) Container of a DNS message dnsjit.core.object.tcp(3) A TCP segment header dnsjit.core.object.udp(3) A UDP datagram header