Get the network mac address associated with a particular IP address - Java Network

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Get the network mac address associated with a particular IP address

Demo Code

/* The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2012 Jerome Wagener/*from   w ww.j a va  2  s. c om*/

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//package com.java2s;
import java.net.InetAddress;

import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        String ipAddress = "java2s.com";
        System.out.println(getNetworkMacAddress(ipAddress));
    }

    /** Get the network mac address associated with a particular IP address
     * @param ipAddress the IP address for which the mac address is requested
     * @return the network mac address
     * @throws UnknownHostException 
     * @throws SocketException */
    public static String getNetworkMacAddress(String ipAddress)
            throws UnknownHostException, SocketException {
        String networkMacAddressAsString = "";

        InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(ipAddress);
        NetworkInterface networkInterface = NetworkInterface
                .getByInetAddress(address);

        if (networkInterface != null) {
            byte[] networkMacAddress = networkInterface
                    .getHardwareAddress();
            if (networkMacAddress != null) {
                for (int i = 0; i < networkMacAddress.length; i++) {
                    networkMacAddressAsString += String.format("%02X%s",
                            networkMacAddress[i],
                            (i < networkMacAddress.length - 1) ? ":" : "");
                }
            } else {
                throw new RuntimeException(
                        "Cannot determine network mac address");
            }
        }

        return networkMacAddressAsString;
    }
}

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