Package org.hpccsystems.commons.network

Class Network

java.lang.Object

org.hpccsystems.commons.network.Network

public class Network
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Network()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getLocalAddress(String interfacename)	Provides non-loopback address bound to given NIC name.
static String	getLocalAddress(String interfacename, boolean ipv6)	Provides non-loopback address bound to given NIC name.
static boolean	isLocalAddress(String address)	Determines if address provided is considered a local address Uses cached list of all non-loopback addresses bound to all local NICs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Network

public Network()

Method Detail

getLocalAddress

public static String getLocalAddress(String interfacename)
                              throws Exception

Provides non-loopback address bound to given NIC name.

Parameters:

interfacename - - The NIC name to draw the local address from, or '*'

Returns:

- Local ipv4 address

Throws:

Exception - the exception

getLocalAddress

public static String getLocalAddress(String interfacename,
                                     boolean ipv6)
                              throws Exception

Provides non-loopback address bound to given NIC name.

Parameters:

interfacename - - The NIC name to draw the local address from, or '*'

ipv6 - - True if ipv6 desired, False if ipv4 desired

Returns:

the local address

Throws:

Exception - the exception

isLocalAddress

public static boolean isLocalAddress(String address)

Determines if address provided is considered a local address Uses cached list of all non-loopback addresses bound to all local NICs.

Parameters:

address - ipv4/6 to be compared to all known local addresses

Returns:

True if address is part of known local addresses False otherwise