org.apache.james.services
Interface DNSServer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DNSServer

public interface DNSServer

Provides abstraction for DNS resolutions. The interface is Mail specific. It may be a good idea to make the interface more generic or expose commonly needed DNS methods.

Author:

Harmeet

Field Summary

static String

ROLE The component role used by components implementing this service

Method Summary

Collection

findMXRecords(String hostname) Get a priority-sorted collection of DNS MX records for a given hostname TODO: Change this to a list, as not all collections are sortable

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE

The component role used by components implementing this service

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

findMXRecords

public Collection findMXRecords(String hostname)

Get a priority-sorted collection of DNS MX records for a given hostname

TODO: Change this to a list, as not all collections are sortable

Parameters:

hostname - the hostname to check

Returns:

collection of strings representing MX record values.