Package org.jboss.as.controller.interfaces

Class InetAddressUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.as.controller.interfaces.InetAddressUtil

public class InetAddressUtil
extends Object

Author:

Tomaz Cerar

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InetAddressUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	canonize(String ipv6Address)	Convert IPv6 adress into RFC 5952 form.
static InetAddress	getLocalHost()	Methods returns InetAddress for localhost
static String	getLocalHostName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

InetAddressUtil

public InetAddressUtil()

Method Details

getLocalHost

public static InetAddress getLocalHost()
                                throws UnknownHostException

Methods returns InetAddress for localhost

Returns:

InetAddress of the localhost

Throws:

UnknownHostException - if localhost could not be resolved

getLocalHostName

public static String getLocalHostName()

canonize

public static String canonize(String ipv6Address)
                       throws IllegalArgumentException

Convert IPv6 adress into RFC 5952 form. E.g. 2001:db8:0:1:0:0:0:1 -> 2001:db8:0:1::1

Method is null safe, and if IPv4 address or host name is passed to the method it is returned wihout any processing.

Method also supports IPv4 in IPv6 (e.g. 0:0:0:0:0:ffff:192.0.2.1 -> ::ffff:192.0.2.1), and zone ID (e.g. fe80:0:0:0:f0f0:c0c0:1919:1234%4 -> fe80::f0f0:c0c0:1919:1234%4).

Parameters:

ipv6Address - String representing valid IPv6 address.

Returns:

String representing IPv6 in canonical form.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if IPv6 format is unacceptable.