Is there an easy way to verify that an IP number the user entered is valid in form? I mean, I know that you can parse the string and check for 3 periods and that there aren't more than 3 numbers between periods, but I was wondering if there was a simpler way. I tried using InetAddress.getByName(String), but getByName will actually alter the String it is passed to make it fit! (ex: 121.0.55 becomes 121.0.0.55, 121 becomes 0.0.0.121)
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karl koch
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not any that i know of. i did it by splitting it at the '.' and then check if the values are 0 <= value <= 255 and there are four of them. this should be ebough. care must be taken also if a port is entered...split the string again at the ':' and check if an integer is located behind (bettween 1 and 2^16-1 -i think) k
Joel Peach
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Someone should really write a component to do this. There are actually many more numeric representations that are allowed for specifying IP addresses, including different bases (octal, hex, etc). See the following site for more information on the alternate IP address representations. http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm Best of luck! -Joel
karl koch
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nice link....didnt know this. however the dotted op format is the one used everywhere and i dont see a need in supporting obscure "features" as dWord representation. or is there a reason ? k
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