Here you can find the source of toBytes(SocketAddress address)
public static byte[] toBytes(SocketAddress address)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a v a 2 s . c o m * Copyright 2010-2012 Roger Kapsi * * 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. */ import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.InetSocketAddress; import java.net.SocketAddress; public class Main { /** * Returns the given {@link SocketAddress} as a {@code byte[]}. */ public static byte[] toBytes(SocketAddress address) { return toBytes(getAddress(address), getPort(address)); } /** * Returns the given {@link InetAddress} and port as a {@code byte[]}. */ public static byte[] toBytes(InetAddress address, int port) { byte[] addr = address.getAddress(); byte[] dst = new byte[addr.length + 2]; System.arraycopy(addr, 0, dst, 0, addr.length); dst[dst.length - 2] = (byte) ((port >> 8) & 0xFF); dst[dst.length - 1] = (byte) ((port) & 0xFF); return dst; } /** * An utility method to get the {@link InetAddress} from the * {@link SocketAddress}. */ public static InetAddress getAddress(SocketAddress address) { return getResolved(address).getAddress(); } /** * Returns the port number. */ public static int getPort(SocketAddress address) { return ((InetSocketAddress) address).getPort(); } /** * Resolves (if necessary) the given {@link SocketAddress} and returns it. */ public static InetSocketAddress getResolved(SocketAddress address) { InetSocketAddress isa = (InetSocketAddress) address; if (isa.isUnresolved()) { return new InetSocketAddress(isa.getHostName(), isa.getPort()); } return isa; } /** * Returns {@code true} if the given {@link SocketAddress} is unresolved. */ public static boolean isUnresolved(SocketAddress address) { return ((InetSocketAddress) address).isUnresolved(); } /** * An utility method to get the {@link InetSocketAddress#getHostName()}. */ public static String getHostName(SocketAddress address) { return ((InetSocketAddress) address).getHostName(); } }