Util.java Source code

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.Inet4Address;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class Util {

    /**
     * Finds this computer's global IP address
     * 
     * @return The global IP address, or null if a problem occurred
     */
    public static Inet4Address getGlobalAddress() {
        try {
            URLConnection uc = new URL("http://www.whatismyip.org/").openConnection();
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(uc.getInputStream()));
            return (Inet4Address) InetAddress.getByName(br.readLine());
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;

    }
}