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package io.netty.handler.codec.dns;

import io.netty.util.internal.UnstableApi;

import java.net.InetAddress;

An ECS record as defined in Client Subnet in DNS Queries.
/**
 * An ECS record as defined in <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7871#section-6">Client Subnet in DNS Queries</a>.
 */
@UnstableApi
public interface DnsOptEcsRecord extends DnsOptPseudoRecord {

    
Returns the leftmost number of significant bits of ADDRESS to be used for the lookup.
/**
     * Returns the leftmost number of significant bits of ADDRESS to be used for the lookup.
     */
    int sourcePrefixLength();

    
Returns the leftmost number of significant bits of ADDRESS that the response covers.
In queries, it MUST be 0.
/**
     * Returns the leftmost number of significant bits of ADDRESS that the response covers.
     * In queries, it MUST be 0.
     */
    int scopePrefixLength();

    
Returns the bytes of the InetAddress to use. /**
     * Returns the bytes of the {@link InetAddress} to use.
     */
    byte[] address();
}