/** * Returns true if the domain component of an email address is valid. * * @param domain being validated, may be in IDN format * @return true if the email address's domain is valid. */ protected boolean isValidDomain(String domain) { // see if domain is an IP address in brackets Matcher ipDomainMatcher = IP_DOMAIN_PATTERN.matcher(domain); if (ipDomainMatcher.matches()) { InetAddressValidator inetAddressValidator = InetAddressValidator.getInstance(); return inetAddressValidator.isValid(ipDomainMatcher.group(1)); } // Domain is symbolic name DomainValidator domainValidator = DomainValidator.getInstance(allowLocal); return domainValidator.isValid(domain) || domainValidator.isValidTld(domain); }