org.jboss.netty.util

Class NetUtil

java.lang.Object

org.jboss.netty.util.NetUtil

public final class NetUtil
extends Object

A class that holds a number of network-related constants.

This class borrowed some of its methods from a modified fork of the Inet6Util class which was part of Apache Harmony.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	createByteArrayFromIpAddressString(String ipAddressString) Creates an byte[] based on an ipAddressString.
static boolean	isValidIp4Word(String word)
static boolean	isValidIpV4Address(String value) Takes a string and parses it to see if it is a valid IPV4 address.
static boolean	isValidIpV6Address(String ipAddress)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createByteArrayFromIpAddressString

public static byte[] createByteArrayFromIpAddressString(String ipAddressString)

Creates an byte[] based on an ipAddressString. No error handling is performed here.

isValidIpV6Address

public static boolean isValidIpV6Address(String ipAddress)

isValidIp4Word

public static boolean isValidIp4Word(String word)

isValidIpV4Address

public static boolean isValidIpV4Address(String value)

Takes a string and parses it to see if it is a valid IPV4 address.

Returns:

true, if the string represents an IPV4 address in dotted notation, false otherwise