NAME
    Data::Validate::Domain - domain validation methods

SYNOPSIS
      use Data::Validate::Domain qw(is_domain);
  
      if(is_domain($suspect)){
            print "Looks like a domain name";
      } else {
            print "Not a domain name\n";
      }
  
      # or as an object
      my $v = Data::Validate::Domain->new();
  
      die "not a domain" unless ($v->is_domain('domain.com'));

DESCRIPTION
    This module collects domain validation routines to make input
    validation, and untainting easier and more readable.

    All functions return an untainted value if the test passes, and undef if
    it fails. This means that you should always check for a defined status
    explicitly. Don't assume the return will be true. (e.g.
    is_username('0'))

    The value to test is always the first (and often only) argument.

FUNCTIONS
    new - constructor for OO usage
          $obj = Data::Validate::Domain->new();

        *Description*
            Returns a Data::Validator::Domain object. This lets you access
            all the validator function calls as methods without importing
            them into your namespace or using the clumsy
            Data::Validate::Domain::function_name() format.

        *Arguments*
            None

        *Returns*
            Returns a Data::Validate::Domain object

    is_domain - does the value look like a domain name?
          is_domain($value);
          or
          $obj->is_domain($value);

        *Description*
            Returns the untainted domain name if the test value appears to
            be a well-formed domain name.

        *Arguments*

            $value
                The potential domain to test.

        *Returns*
            Returns the untainted domain on success, undef on failure.

        *Notes, Exceptions, & Bugs*
            The function does not make any attempt to check whether a domain
            actually exists. It only looks to see that the format is
            appropriate.

            A dotted quad (such as 127.0.0.1) is not considered a domain and
            will return false. See Data::Validate::IP(3) for IP Validation.

            Performs a lookup via Net::Domain::TLD to verify that the TLD is
            valid for this domain.

            Does not consider "domain.com." a valid format.

        *From RFC 952*
               A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
               to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
               sign (-), and period (.).  Note that periods are only allowed when
               they serve to delimit components of "domain style names".

                No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a
               name. No distinction is made between upper and lower case.  The first
               character must be an alpha character [Relaxed in RFC 1123] .  The last 
               character must not be a minus sign or period.

        *From RFC 1035*
                labels          63 octets or less
                names           255 octets or less

                [snip] limit the label to 63 octets or less.

                To simplify implementations, the total length of a domain name (i.e.,
                label octets and label length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or
                less.

        *From RFC 1123*
                One aspect of host name syntax is hereby changed: the
                restriction on the first character is relaxed to allow either a
                letter or a digit.  Host software MUST support this more liberal
                syntax.

                Host software MUST handle host names of up to 63 characters and
                SHOULD handle host names of up to 255 characters.

    is_hostname - does the value look like a hostname
          is_hostname($value);
          or
          $obj->is_hostname($value);

        *Description*
            Returns the untainted hostname if the test value appears to be a
            well-formed hostname.

        *Arguments*

            $value
                The potential hostname to test.

        *Returns*
            Returns the untainted hostname on success, undef on failure.

        *Notes, Exceptions, & Bugs*
            The function does not make any attempt to check whether a
            hostname actually exists. It only looks to see that the format
            is appropriate.

            Functions much like is_domain, except that it does not verify
            whether or not a valid TLD has been supplied and allows for
            there to only be a single component of the hostname (i.e www)

            Hostnames might or might not have a valid TLD attached.

    is_domain_label - does the value look like a domain label?
          is_domain_label($value);
          or
          $obj->is_domain_label($value);

        *Description*
            Returns the untainted domain label if the test value appears to
            be a well-formed domain label.

        *Arguments*

            $value
                The potential ip to test.

        *Returns*
            Returns the untainted domain label on success, undef on failure.

        *Notes, Exceptions, & Bugs*
            The function does not make any attempt to check whether a domain
            label actually exists. It only looks to see that the format is
            appropriate.

SEE ALSO
        [RFC 1034] [RFC 1035] [RFC 2181] [RFC 1123]

        Data::Validate(3)
        Data::Validate::IP(3)

AUTHOR
        Neil Neely <neil@frii.net>.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
        Thanks to Richard Sonnen <sonnen@richardsonnen.com> for writing the
        Data::Validate module.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
        Copyright (c) 2005 Neil Neely.

        This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
        it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.2
        or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have
        available.