-implementing new DNS client API

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+/*
+      This file is part of GNUnet
+      (C) 2012 Christian Grothoff (and other contributing authors)
+
+      GNUnet is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+      by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
+      option) any later version.
+
+      GNUnet is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+      General Public License for more details.
+
+      You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+      along with GNUnet; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+      Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+      Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @file include/gnunet_dns_service-new.h
+ * @brief API to access the DNS service. 
+ * @author Christian Grothoff
+ */
+#ifndef GNUNET_DNS_SERVICE_NEW_H
+#define GNUNET_DNS_SERVICE_NEW_H
+
+#include "gnunet_common.h"
+#include "gnunet_util_lib.h"
+
+/**
+ * A few common DNS types.
+ */
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_A 1
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_NS 2
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_CNAME 5
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_SOA 6
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_PTR 12
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_MX 15
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_TXT 16
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_AAAA 28
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_IXFR 251
+#define GNUNET_DNS_TYPE_AXFR 252
+
+/**
+ * A few common DNS classes (ok, only one is common, but I list a
+ * couple more to make it clear what we're talking about here).
+ */
+#define GNUNET_DNS_CLASS_INTERNET 1
+#define GNUNET_DNS_CLASS_CHAOS 3
+#define GNUNET_DNS_CLASS_HESIOD 4
+
+
+/**
+ * Opaque DNS handle
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNS_Handle;
+
+/**
+ * Handle to identify an individual DNS request.
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandle;
+
+
+/**
+ * Signature of a function that is called whenever the DNS service
+ * encounters a DNS request and needs to do something with it.  The
+ * function has then the chance to generate or modify the response by
+ * calling one of the three "GNUNET_DNS_request_*" continuations.
+ *
+ * When a request is intercepted, this function is called first to
+ * give the client a chance to do the complete address resolution;
+ * "rdata" will be NULL for this first call for a DNS request, unless
+ * some other client has already filled in a response.
+ *
+ * If multiple clients exist, all of them are called before the global
+ * DNS.  The global DNS is only called if all of the clients'
+ * functions call GNUNET_DNS_request_forward.  Functions that call
+ * GNUNET_DNS_request_forward will be called again before a final
+ * response is returned to the application.  If any of the clients'
+ * functions call GNUNET_DNS_request_drop, the response is dropped.
+ *
+ * @param cls closure
+ * @param name name of the node to which the record pertains
+ * @param dns_type type of RR
+ * @param dns_class class code
+ * @param dns_ttl seconds that the RR stays valid, can be updated
+ * @param rdata_length size of rdata, can be updated 
+ * @param rdata record data, can be updated
+ */
+typedef void (*GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandler)(void *cls,
+                                          struct GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandle *rh,
+                                          const char *name,
+                                          uint16_t dns_type,
+                                          uint16_t dns_class,
+                                          uint32_t dns_ttl,
+                                          uint16_t rdata_length,
+                                          const char *rdata);
+
+
+/**
+ * If a GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandler calls this function, the request is
+ * given to other clients or the global DNS for resolution.  Once a
+ * global response has been obtained, the request handler is AGAIN
+ * called to give it a chance to observe and modify the response after
+ * the "normal" resolution.  It is not legal for the request handler
+ * to call this function if a response is already present.
+ *
+ * @param rh request that should now be forwarded
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_DNS_request_forward (struct GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandle *rh);
+
+
+/**
+ * If a GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandler calls this function, the request is
+ * to be dropped and no response should be generated.
+ *
+ * @param rh request that should now be dropped
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_DNS_request_drop (struct GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandle *rh);
+
+
+/**
+ * If a GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandler calls this function, the request is supposed to
+ * be answered with the data provided to this call (with the modifications the function might have made).
+ *
+ * @param rh request that should now be answered
+ * @param dns_ttl seconds that the RR stays valid, can be updated
+ * @param rdata_length size of rdata, can be updated 
+ * @param rdata record data, can be updated
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_DNS_request_answer (struct GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandle *rh,            
+                           uint32_t dns_ttl,
+                           uint16_t rdata_length,
+                           char *rdata);
+
+
+/**
+ * Connect to the service-dns
+ *
+ * @param cfg configuration to use
+ * @param rh function to call with DNS requests
+ * @param rh_cls closure to pass to rh
+ * @return DNS handle 
+ */
+struct GNUNET_DNS_Handle *
+GNUNET_DNS_connect (const struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
+                    GNUNET_DNS_RequestHandler rh,
+                    void *rh_cls);
+
+
+/**
+ * Disconnect from the DNS service.
+ *
+ * @param dh DNS handle
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_DNS_disconnect (struct GNUNET_DNS_Handle *dh);
+
+#endif