patterntesting.runtime.net
Class Localhost

java.lang.Object
  patterntesting.runtime.net.Localhost

public final class Localhost
extends Object

This (static) class represents your local host. You can ask it for the local address and other things.

Since:

1.0 (30.01.2010)

Author:

oliver

Method Summary

static Collection<InetAddress>	getInetAddresses() Returns all local IP addresses.
static boolean	matches(String host) Here we try to get all network addresses to compare it against the given hosts.
static boolean	matches(String[] hosts) Here we try to get all network addresses to compare it against the given hosts.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInetAddresses

public static Collection<InetAddress> getInetAddresses()

Returns all local IP addresses. If you want to get the local host name use InetAddress.getLocalHost().

Returns:

a list of the host addresses

matches

public static boolean matches(String[] hosts)

Here we try to get all network addresses to compare it against the given hosts. The host can be given as hostname (e.g. "localhost") or as IP address (e.g. "127.0.0.1").

Parameters:

hosts - an array of hosts

Returns:

true if matches one of the given hosts.

matches

public static boolean matches(String host)

Here we try to get all network addresses to compare it against the given hosts.

Parameters:

host - either IP address (e.g. "127.0.0.1") or hostname (e.g. "localhost")

Returns:

true if matches the given host