How do you create an InetAddress from a String.

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jseidelREMOVECAPS@maine.rr.com - 29 Apr 2005 18:51 GMT

I need to create a socket connection to a site.

String name = "elektra.usm.com"
socket sock = new socket( name, port );

This wont work because the name isn't an ip address. I need to create
an InetAddress from it. How do I do that?

Jerry

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Gordon Beaton - 30 Apr 2005 08:14 GMT

> I need to create a socket connection to a site.
>
> String name = "elektra.usm.com"
> socket sock = new socket( name, port );
>
> This wont work because the name isn't an ip address.

Yes it will, because the Socket constructor will gladly accept either
a hostname or an InetAddress.

> I need to create an InetAddress from it. How do I do that?

You don't need to.

However InetAddress has a factory method that takes a hostname and
returns an InetAddress instance.

/gordon

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