1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/measite/minidns/util/NameUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/measite/minidns/util/NameUtil.java
index 91a6649d..7ae373bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/measite/minidns/util/NameUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/measite/minidns/util/NameUtil.java
@@ -8,12 +8,28 @@ import java.net.IDN;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+/**
+ * Utilities related to internationalized domain names and dns name handling.
+ */
 public class NameUtil {
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the rough binary length of a string
+     * (length + 2 bytes length prefix).
+     * @param name The name string.
+     * @return The binary size of the string (length + 2).
+     */
     public static int size(String name) {
         return name.length() + 2;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if two internationalized domain names are equal, possibly causing
+     * a serialization of both domain names.
+     * @param name1 The first domain name.
+     * @param name2 The second domain name.
+     * @return True if both domain names are the same.
+     */
     public static boolean idnEquals(String name1, String name2) {
         if (name1 == name2) return true; // catches null, null
         if (name1 == null) return false;
@@ -27,6 +43,12 @@ public class NameUtil {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Serialize a domain name under IDN rules.
+     * @param name The domain name.
+     * @return The binary domain name representation.
+     * @throws IOException Should never happen.
+     */
     public static byte[] toByteArray(String name) throws IOException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(64);
         DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(baos);
@@ -38,8 +60,16 @@ public class NameUtil {
         dos.writeByte(0);
         dos.flush();
         return baos.toByteArray();
-    }   
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse a domain name starting at the current offset and moving the input
+     * stream pointer past this domain name (even if cross references occure).
+     * @param dis The input stream.
+     * @param data The raw data (for cross references).
+     * @return The domain name string.
+     * @throws IOException Should never happen.
+     */
     public static String parse(DataInputStream dis, byte data[]) 
         throws IOException
     {
@@ -63,6 +93,14 @@ public class NameUtil {
         return s;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse a domain name starting at the given offset. 
+     * @param data The raw data.
+     * @param offset The offset.
+     * @param jumps The list of jumps (by now).
+     * @return The parsed domain name.
+     * @throws IllegalStateException on cycles.
+     */
     public static String parse(
         byte data[],
         int offset,