java.net
Class InetAddress

java.lang.Object
  java.net.InetAddress

public class InetAddress
extends Object

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
byte[]	getAddress() Return this host's IP address
static InetAddress[]	getAllByName(String host)
static InetAddress	getByAddress(byte[] addr)
static InetAddress	getByName(String host)
String	getHostAddress() Return IP address as a period-delimited series of decimals
String	getHostName()
static InetAddress	getLocalHost()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isMulticastAddress()
static String	toIpAddressString(byte[] inetAddressBytes) Format an array of bytes as a period-delimited series of decimals
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

isMulticastAddress

public boolean isMulticastAddress()

getHostName

public String getHostName()

getAddress

public byte[] getAddress()

Return this host's IP address

Returns:

IP address as array of bytes, null if unable to resolve

getHostAddress

public String getHostAddress()

Return IP address as a period-delimited series of decimals

Returns:

IP address as string

toIpAddressString

public static String toIpAddressString(byte[] inetAddressBytes)

Format an array of bytes as a period-delimited series of decimals

Parameters:

inetAddressBytes -

Returns:

the formatted string

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getByName

public static InetAddress getByName(String host)
                             throws UnknownHostException

Throws:

UnknownHostException

getByAddress

public static InetAddress getByAddress(byte[] addr)
                                throws UnknownHostException

Throws:

UnknownHostException

getAllByName

public static InetAddress[] getAllByName(String host)
                                  throws UnknownHostException

Throws:

UnknownHostException

getLocalHost

public static InetAddress getLocalHost()
                                throws UnknownHostException

Throws:

UnknownHostException