public boolean isHostUnavailable(URL url) {
    if (this.offlineMode) return true;

    if (url == null) {
      String message = Logging.getMessage("nullValue.URLIsNull");
      Logging.error(message);
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(message);
    }

    String hostName = url.getHost();
    HostInfo hi = this.hostMap.get(hostName);
    if (hi == null) return false;

    if (hi.isTimeToTryAgain()) {
      hi.logCount.set(0); // info removed from table in logAvailableHost
      return false;
    }

    return hi.isUnavailable();
  }