--- /dev/null
+package dns
+
+//go:generate go run duplicate_generate.go
+
+// IsDuplicate checks of r1 and r2 are duplicates of each other, excluding the TTL.
+// So this means the header data is equal *and* the RDATA is the same. Return true
+// is so, otherwise false.
+// It's is a protocol violation to have identical RRs in a message.
+func IsDuplicate(r1, r2 RR) bool {
+ // Check whether the record header is identical.
+ if !r1.Header().isDuplicate(r2.Header()) {
+ return false
+ }
+
+ // Check whether the RDATA is identical.
+ return r1.isDuplicate(r2)
+}
+
+func (r1 *RR_Header) isDuplicate(_r2 RR) bool {
+ r2, ok := _r2.(*RR_Header)
+ if !ok {
+ return false
+ }
+ if r1.Class != r2.Class {
+ return false
+ }
+ if r1.Rrtype != r2.Rrtype {
+ return false
+ }
+ if !isDuplicateName(r1.Name, r2.Name) {
+ return false
+ }
+ // ignore TTL
+ return true
+}
+
+// isDuplicateName checks if the domain names s1 and s2 are equal.
+func isDuplicateName(s1, s2 string) bool { return equal(s1, s2) }