twisted.names.dns.Name

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

name =

A byte string giving the name. (type: bytes)

def __init__(self, name=''):

Parameters name A name. (type: bytes or str)

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

Encode this Name into the appropriate byte format.

Parameters	strio	The byte representation of this Name will be written to this file. (type: file)
	compDict	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). (type: dict)

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

Decode a byte string into this Name.

Parameters	strio	Bytes will be read from this file until the full Name is decoded. (type: file)
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 __eq__(self, other):

Undocumented

def __ne__(self, other):

Undocumented

def __hash__(self):

Undocumented

def __str__(self):

Represent this Name instance by its string name.

twisted.names.dns.Name class documentation