dist1.acb.common.transport
Class InetAddressHelper

java.lang.Object
  dist1.acb.common.transport.InetAddressHelper

public class InetAddressHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Provides some function for manipulating InetAddress

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Alexander Stasiv

Method Summary

static java.net.InetAddress	getByExtendedHostName(java.lang.String extendedHostName) Tries to build new InetAddress using host name, if fails buid uses only ip.
static java.net.InetAddress	getByInetSocketAddress(java.net.InetSocketAddress addr) Tries to build new InetAddress using host name, if fails buid uses only ip.
static java.lang.String	getExtendedHostName(java.net.InetAddress addr) Returns extended host name in format "host/ip".

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getByExtendedHostName

public static java.net.InetAddress getByExtendedHostName(java.lang.String extendedHostName)
                                                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Tries to build new InetAddress using host name, if fails buid uses only ip.

Parameters:

extendedHostName - extended host name in format "host/ip". For example: "asta.ait.gr/192.168.208.14"

Returns:

New InetAddress object

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if format of extendedHostName is invalid

getByInetSocketAddress

public static java.net.InetAddress getByInetSocketAddress(java.net.InetSocketAddress addr)

Tries to build new InetAddress using host name, if fails buid uses only ip.

Parameters:

addr - An InetSocketAddress

Returns:

New InetAddress object

getExtendedHostName

public static java.lang.String getExtendedHostName(java.net.InetAddress addr)

Returns extended host name in format "host/ip". For example: "asta.ait.gr/192.168.208.14".

Parameters:

addr - An InetAddress

Returns:

return extended string represenattion of the InetAddress