twisted.names.dns.Name

Method	`__eq__`	Undocumented
Method	`__hash__`	Undocumented
Method	`__init__`
Method	`__str__`	Represent this `Name` instance by its string name.
Method	`decode`	Decode a byte string into this Name.
Method	`encode`	Encode this Name into the appropriate byte format.
Instance Variable	`name`	A byte string giving the name.

def __eq__(self, other): (source)

Undocumented

def __hash__(self): (source)

Undocumented

def __init__(self, name=b''): (source)

Parameters
name:`bytes` or `str`	A name.

def __str__(self): (source)

Represent this Name instance by its string name.

Returns
`str`	Undocumented

def decode(self, strio, length=None): (source)

from twisted.names.dns.IEncodable

Decode a byte string into this Name.

Parameters
strio:file	Bytes will be read from this file until the full Name is decoded.
length	Undocumented
Raises
`EOFError`	Raised when there are not enough bytes available from `strio`.
`ValueError`	Raised when the name cannot be decoded (for example, because it contains a loop).

def encode(self, strio, compDict=None): (source)

from twisted.names.dns.IEncodable

Encode this Name into the appropriate byte format.

Parameters
strio:file	The byte representation of this Name will be written to this file.
compDict:dict	dictionary of Names that have already been encoded and whose addresses may be backreferenced by this Name (for the purpose of reducing the message size).

name: bytes = (source)

A byte string giving the name.