Java Host Address Get getHostAddress(final String name)

Description

Return the local host address for a passed in host using java.net.InetAddress#getByName(String)

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
name	The name of the host to return

Exception

Parameter	Description
UnknownHostException	if no IP address for the host namecould be found.

Return

The local host address

Declaration

public static String getHostAddress(final String name) throws UnknownHostException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.net.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the local host address for a passed in host using
     * {@link java.net.InetAddress#getByName(String)}
     *
     * @param name The name of the host to return
     *
     * @return The local host address
     *
     * @throws UnknownHostException if no IP address for the host name
     * could be found.
     */
    public static String getHostAddress(final String name) throws UnknownHostException {
        return InetAddress.getByName(name).getHostAddress();
    }
}

Related

1. getHostAddress()
2. getHostAddress()
3. getHostAddress()
4. getHostAddress()
5. getHostAddress(boolean promiscuous)
6. getHostAddress(String hostname)
7. getHostAddress(String hostPort)
8. getHostAddresses()
9. getHostAddresses()