org.jwat.common

Class IPAddressParser

java.lang.Object

org.jwat.common.IPAddressParser

public final class IPAddressParser
extends java.lang.Object

IP address parser and format validator for Ipv4 and Ipv6.

Author:

lbihanic, selghissassi

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	IPAddressParser() No constructor for this utility class, static access only.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.net.InetAddress	getAddress(java.lang.String ipAddress) Checks the validity of an IP address.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IPAddressParser

protected IPAddressParser()

No constructor for this utility class, static access only.

Method Detail

getAddress

public static java.net.InetAddress getAddress(java.lang.String ipAddress)

Checks the validity of an IP address. Supports both IP v4 and IP v6 formats.

Parameters:

ipAddress - the IP address

Returns:

the inetAddress of the IP address if valid, if not, null is returned