Hostname

Path: /src/type/hostname.coffee compiled to /lib/type/hostname.js

The value has to be a valid hostname definition.

Schema Specification

Hostname is a hostname schema definition.

An object with the following keys allowed: title, description, key, type, optional, default. The following entries have a specific format:

title

Title is the title used to describe the element.

A text entry which is optional. All control characters will be removed.

description

Description is the free description of the element.

A text entry which is optional. All control characters will be removed.

key

Binding to Keyname is the mapping to which key names in an object this element belongs.

A valid regular expression which is optional. It has to be one of the following types:

  • An object which has to be an instance of class RegExp.
  • A text entry in which all control characters will be removed. The text should match: /^/.?/[gim]$/.
type

Type is the type of element.

A text entry in which all control characters will be removed.

optional

Optional is a flag defining if this element is optional.

A boolean value, which will be true for ‘true’, ‘1’, ‘on’, ‘yes’, ‘+’, 1, true and will be considered as false for ‘false’, ‘0’, ‘off’, ‘no’, ‘-’, 0, false. It’s optional.

default

Default Value is the default value to use if nothing given.

A valid hostname which is optional. This has to be a valid name according to RFC 1123