jcontrol.net
Class InetAddress

java.lang.Object
  jcontrol.net.InetAddress

public class InetAddress
extends Object

JControl - InetAddress Implementation. This class represents an Internet Protocol (IPv4) address.

Method Summary

byte[]	getAddress() Returns the raw IP address of this InetAddress object.
static InetAddress	getByAddress(byte[] addr) Returns an InetAddress object given the raw IP address.
static InetAddress	getLocalHost() Returns the local host.
String	toString() Converts this IP address to a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, notifyAll, wait

Method Detail

getByAddress

public static InetAddress getByAddress(byte[] addr)

Returns an InetAddress object given the raw IP address. The argument is in network byte order: the highest order byte of the address is in getAddress()[0]. IPv4 address byte array must be 4 bytes long.

Parameters:

addr - - the raw IP address in network byte order

Returns:

an InetAddress object created from the raw IP address.

Throws:

IllegalArgumenException - - if IP address is of illegal length

getLocalHost

public static InetAddress getLocalHost()
                                throws IOException

Returns the local host.

Returns:

the IP address of the local host.

Throws:

IOException - - if no IP address for the host could be found.

getAddress

public byte[] getAddress()

Returns the raw IP address of this InetAddress object. The result is in network byte order: the highest order byte of the address is in getAddress()[0].

Returns:

the raw IP address of this object.

toString

public String toString()

Converts this IP address to a String. The string returned is of the form: 'a.b.c.d'.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string representation of this IP address.