org.dspace.statistics.util

Class DnsLookup

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.statistics.util.DnsLookup

public class DnsLookup
extends Object

XBill DNS resolver to retrieve hostnames for client IP addresses. TODO: deal with IPv6 addresses.

Author:

kevinvandevelde at atmire.com, ben at atmire.com

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DnsLookup()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	forward(String hostname) Resolve a host name to an IPv4 address.
static String	reverseDns(String hostIp) Resolve an IP address to a host name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DnsLookup

public DnsLookup()

Method Detail

reverseDns

public static String reverseDns(String hostIp)
                         throws IOException

Resolve an IP address to a host name.

Parameters:

hostIp - dotted decimal IPv4 address.

Returns:

name if resolved, or the address.

Throws:

IOException - from infrastructure.

forward

public static String forward(String hostname)
                      throws IOException

Resolve a host name to an IPv4 address.

Throws:

IOException - from infrastructure or no resolution.