Constructor Detail

• InetAddressUtil

  public InetAddressUtil()

Method Detail

• convertToInetAddressIfPossible

  public static InetAddress convertToInetAddressIfPossible(CharSequence address)

  Converts a CharSequence to an InetAddress if it represents a valid IP address.

  Parameters:

  address - the CharSequence to convert

  Returns:

  the InetAddress if the input is a valid IP address, null otherwise

• ipv4From

  public static Inet4Address ipv4From(CharSequence cs)

  Creates an Inet4Address from the given CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  cs - the CharSequence containing the IPv4 address

  Returns:

  the Inet4Address

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the input is not a valid IPv4 address

• ipv6From

  public static Inet6Address ipv6From(CharSequence cs)

  Creates an Inet6Address from the given CharSequence.

  Parameters:

  cs - the CharSequence containing the IPv6 address

  Returns:

  the Inet6Address

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the input is not a valid IPv6 address

• isIpAddress

  public static boolean isIpAddress(CharSequence address)

  Checks if the given CharSequence represents a valid IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).

  Parameters:

  address - the CharSequence to validate

  Returns:

  true if the input is a valid IP address, false otherwise

• isIpV4Address

  public static boolean isIpV4Address(CharSequence address)

  Checks if the given CharSequence represents a valid IPv4 address.

  Parameters:

  address - the CharSequence to validate

  Returns:

  true if the input is a valid IPv4 address, false otherwise

• isIpV6Address

  public static boolean isIpV6Address(CharSequence address)

  Checks if the given CharSequence represents a valid IPv6 address.

  Parameters:

  address - the CharSequence to validate

  Returns:

  true if the input is a valid IPv6 address, false otherwise

• reverseIpAddressOf

  public static DnsName reverseIpAddressOf(Inet4Address inet4Address)

  Creates the reverse DNS name for the given IPv4 address.

  Parameters:

  inet4Address - the IPv4 address

  Returns:

  the reverse DNS name

• reverseIpAddressOf

  public static DnsName reverseIpAddressOf(Inet6Address inet6Address)

  Creates the reverse DNS name for the given IPv6 address.

  Parameters:

  inet6Address - the IPv6 address

  Returns:

  the reverse DNS name