Here you can find the source of getInetAddress(final String addressOrName)
@Nonnull public static InetAddress getInetAddress(final String addressOrName)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww . ja v a 2 s. c o m*/ * @(#)$Id$$ * * Copyright 2006-2008 Makoto YUI * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * * Contributors: * Makoto YUI - initial implementation */ import java.net.*; import javax.annotation.Nonnull; import javax.annotation.Nullable; public class Main { @Nonnull public static InetAddress getInetAddress(final String addressOrName) { if (isIPAddress(addressOrName)) { return getInetAddress(addressOrName); } else { return getInetAddressByName(addressOrName); } } public static boolean isIPAddress(final String ip) { return ip.matches( "^(([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])\\.){3}([0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])$"); } @Nullable public static InetAddress getInetAddressByName(final String host) { try { return InetAddress.getByName(host); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot find InetAddress for host: " + host); } } }