inet.ipaddr

Interface HostIdentifierString

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HostName, IPAddressString, MACAddressString

public interface HostIdentifierString
extends Serializable

A string that is used to identify a network host.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	SEGMENT_VALUE_DELIMITER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Address	getAddress()
Address	toAddress()
String	toNormalizedString() provides a normalized String representation for the host identified by this HostIdentifierString instance
String	toString() Returns the original non-normalized string used to construct this HostIdentifierString
void	validate()

Field Detail

SEGMENT_VALUE_DELIMITER

static final char SEGMENT_VALUE_DELIMITER

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

toNormalizedString

String toNormalizedString()

provides a normalized String representation for the host identified by this HostIdentifierString instance

Returns:

the normalized string

validate

void validate()
       throws HostIdentifierException

Throws:

HostIdentifierException

getAddress

Address getAddress()

toAddress

Address toAddress()
           throws IOException,
                  HostIdentifierException

Throws:

IOException

HostIdentifierException

toString

String toString()

Returns the original non-normalized string used to construct this HostIdentifierString

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns: