.. _rdata-class: DNS Rdata Base Class ==================== All Rdata objects are instances of some subclass of ``dns.rdata.Rdata``. The Rdata factory functions described in :ref:`rdata-make` will create objects which are instances of the most appropriate subclass. For example, a AAAA record will be an instance of the ``dns.rdtypes.IN.AAAA`` class, but a record of TYPE12345, which we don't know anything specific about, will be an instance of ``dns.rdata.GenericRdata``. .. autoclass:: dns.rdata.Rdata :members: