From: Bob Halley <halley@dnspython.org>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 22:58:14 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Add as_name(), allowing an already read token to be interpreted a name.
X-Git-Tag: v2.0.0rc1~282
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e2aee800e713d4c7228da2237f4a4ca8c9df2af1;p=thirdparty%2Fdnspython.git

Add as_name(), allowing an already read token to be interpreted a name.
---

diff --git a/dns/tokenizer.py b/dns/tokenizer.py
index 66714b7f..4232b3f2 100644
--- a/dns/tokenizer.py
+++ b/dns/tokenizer.py
@@ -528,20 +528,29 @@ class Tokenizer(object):
             raise dns.exception.SyntaxError('expecting an identifier')
         return token.value
 
-    def get_name(self, origin=None, relativize=False, relativize_to=None):
-        """Read the next token and interpret it as a DNS name.
+    def as_name(self, token, origin=None, relativize=False, relativize_to=None):
+        """Try to interpret the token as a DNS name.
 
         Raises dns.exception.SyntaxError if not a name.
 
         Returns a dns.name.Name.
         """
-
-        token = self.get()
         if not token.is_identifier():
             raise dns.exception.SyntaxError('expecting an identifier')
         name = dns.name.from_text(token.value, origin)
         return name.choose_relativity(relativize_to or origin, relativize)
 
+    def get_name(self, origin=None, relativize=False, relativize_to=None):
+        """Read the next token and interpret it as a DNS name.
+
+        Raises dns.exception.SyntaxError if not a name.
+
+        Returns a dns.name.Name.
+        """
+
+        token = self.get()
+        return self.as_name(token, origin, relativize, relativize_to)
+
     def get_eol(self):
         """Read the next token and raise an exception if it isn't EOL or
         EOF.