com.compoze.collab.util
Class NetUtility

java.lang.Object
  com.compoze.collab.util.NetUtility

public class NetUtility
extends Object

This class contains helper methods for networking related tasks.

Method Summary

static byte[]	getLocalAddress() Gets the local address on the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).
static InetAddress	getLocalHost() Gets the local address on the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).
static String	getLocalHostname() Gets the hostname of the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getLocalHostname

public static String getLocalHostname()

Gets the hostname of the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).

Returns

the hostname of the machine, or localhost if it could not be determined

getLocalAddress

public static byte[] getLocalAddress()

Gets the local address on the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).

Returns

the local address, or 127.0.0.1 if it could not be determined

getLocalHost

public static InetAddress getLocalHost()
                                throws UnknownHostException

Gets the local address on the machine (updated only once every minute as this operation takes a minimum of 4 ms on Windows).

Returns

the local address

Throws

UnknownHostException - if the local address could not be determined