/**
* Creates an InetAddress representing the local host. The checked exception <code>
* java.lang.UnknownHostException</code> is captured and results in an Assertion failure instead.
*
* @return InetAddress instance representing the local host
*/
public static InetAddress createLocalHost() {
try {
return SocketCreator.getLocalHost();
} catch (java.net.UnknownHostException e) {
logStackTrace(e);
Assert.assertTrue(false, "Failed to get local host");
return null; // will never happen
}
}
/**
* Validates the host by making sure it can successfully be used to get an instance of
* InetAddress. If the host string is null, empty or would result in <code>
* java.lang.UnknownHostException</code> then null is returned.
*
* <p>Any leading slashes on host will be ignored.
*
* @param host string version the InetAddress
* @return the host converted to InetAddress instance
*/
public static String validateHost(String host) {
if (host == null || host.length() == 0) {
return null;
}
try {
InetAddress.getByName(trimLeadingSlash(host));
return host;
} catch (java.net.UnknownHostException e) {
logStackTrace(e);
return null;
}
}
/**
* Converts the string host to an instance of InetAddress. Returns null if the string is empty.
* Fails Assertion if the conversion would result in <code>java.lang.UnknownHostException</code>.
*
* <p>Any leading slashes on host will be ignored.
*
* @param host string version the InetAddress
* @return the host converted to InetAddress instance
*/
public static InetAddress toInetAddress(String host) {
if (host == null || host.length() == 0) {
return null;
}
try {
if (host.indexOf("/") > -1) {
return InetAddress.getByName(host.substring(host.indexOf("/") + 1));
} else {
return InetAddress.getByName(host);
}
} catch (java.net.UnknownHostException e) {
logStackTrace(e);
Assert.assertTrue(false, "Failed to get InetAddress: " + host);
return null; // will never happen since the Assert will fail
}
}