+ def _lookup(self, name, cls, type, timeout = None):
+ maybeDelegate = False
+ deferredResult = authority.BindAuthority._lookup(self, name, cls,
+ type, timeout)
+ # If we didn't find an exact match for the name we were seeking,
+ # check if it's within a subdomain we're supposed to delegate to
+ # some other DNS server.
+ while (isinstance(deferredResult.result, failure.Failure)
+ and '.' in name):
+ maybeDelegate = True
+ name = name[name.find('.') + 1 :]
+ deferredResult = authority.BindAuthority._lookup(self, name, cls,
+ dns.NS, timeout)
+ # If we found somewhere to delegate the query to, our _lookup()
+ # for the NS record resulted in it being in the 'results' section.
+ # We need to instead return that information in the 'authority'
+ # section to delegate, and return an empty 'results' section
+ # (because we didn't find the name we were asked about). We
+ # leave the 'additional' section as we received it because it
+ # may contain A records for the DNS server we're delegating to.
+ if maybeDelegate and not isinstance(deferredResult.result,
+ failure.Failure):
+ (nsResults, nsAuthority, nsAdditional) = deferredResult.result
+ deferredResult = defer.succeed(([], nsResults, nsAdditional))
+ return deferredResult
+