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com.octetstring.vde
Class IPAddress

java.lang.Object
com.octetstring.vde.IPAddress

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public abstract class IPAddress

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

Constructor Summary

IPAddress()

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object addr) This method compares each octet in this IPAddress with the specified object for order.
static IPAddress	getByAddress(java.lang.String addr) This method creates an IPAddress instance based on the provided textual representation of IP address.
java.lang.String	getHostAddress()
int	getIPFamily()
boolean	isSubnetAddress()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IPAddress

public IPAddress()

Method Detail

getByAddress

public static IPAddress getByAddress(java.lang.String addr)

This method creates an IPAddress instance based on the provided textual representation of IP address. If addr specifies an IPv4 address, an instance of IPv4Address will be returned; otherwise an instance of IPv6Address will be returned.

Parameters:

host - textual representation of IP address.

Returns:

an IPAddress object created from the raw IP address.

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object addr)

This method compares each octet in this IPAddress with the specified object for order.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Returns:

negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.

getIPFamily

public int getIPFamily()

getHostAddress

public java.lang.String getHostAddress()

isSubnetAddress

public boolean isSubnetAddress()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

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