net.sourceforge.jsdp.util
Class Address

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.jsdp.util.Address

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Resource

public class Address
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Serializable

A generic SDP network address. There are three network address types:

• IP4: the standard IP address
• IP6: the newer version of IP, still not used
• FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name, that is a DNS host name

Since:

0.1.0

Version:

1.0

Author:

Claudio Di Vita

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected String	address The network address
protected String	addressType The address type
static String	IN The Internet network type
static String	IP4 The IP4 address type
static String	IP6 The IP6 address type

Constructor Summary

protected	Address() Creates a new Address.
	Address(String address) Creates a new Address.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Returns a clone of this address.
boolean	equals(Object object) Compare for equality of hosts.
String	getAddress() Returns the address value.
String	getAddressType() Returns the address type.
boolean	isFQDN() Indicate if the address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (and not an IP4 or IP6 address).
static boolean	isFQDN(String address) Indicate if an address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (and not an IP4 or IP6 address)
boolean	isIPAddress() Indicates if the address is an IP address (and not a Fully Qualified Domain name).
void	setAddress(String address) Sets the address value
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the address.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

IN

public static final String IN

The Internet network type

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Constant Field Values

IP4

public static final String IP4

The IP4 address type

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Constant Field Values

IP6

public static final String IP6

The IP6 address type

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Constant Field Values

address

protected String address

The network address

addressType

protected String addressType

The address type

Constructor Detail

Address

protected Address()

Creates a new Address.

Address

public Address(String address)
        throws SDPException

Creates a new Address.

Parameters:

address - the address value

Throws:

SDPException - if the address is not valid

Method Detail

isFQDN

public static boolean isFQDN(String address)

Indicate if an address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (and not an IP4 or IP6 address)

Parameters:

address - the address to check

Returns:

true if the address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name, false otherwise

clone

public Object clone()

Returns a clone of this address.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this address

equals

public boolean equals(Object object)

Compare for equality of hosts. Host names are compared by textual equality. No dns lookup is performed.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

object - object to compare

Returns:

true if two address are equals, false otherwise

getAddress

public String getAddress()

Returns the address value.

Returns:

the address value

getAddressType

public String getAddressType()

Returns the address type. Possible values are:

• IP4: the standard IP address
• IP6: the newer version of IP, still not used
• FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name, that is a DNS host name

Returns:

the address type

isFQDN

public boolean isFQDN()

Indicate if the address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name (and not an IP4 or IP6 address).

Returns:

true if the address is a Fully Qualified Domain Name, false otherwise

isIPAddress

public boolean isIPAddress()

Indicates if the address is an IP address (and not a Fully Qualified Domain name).

Returns:

true if is an IP address, false otherwise

setAddress

public void setAddress(String address)
                throws SDPException

Sets the address value

Parameters:

address - the address value to set

Throws:

SDPException - if the address is not valid

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the address.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The string representation of the address