Method getByAddress

src/main/java/core/org/xbill/DNS/Address.java:316–326

Converts an address from its string representation to an IP address. The address can be either IPv4 or IPv6. @param addr The address, in string form @return The IP addresses @exception UnknownHostException The address is not a valid IP address.

(String addr)

 * @exception UnknownHostException The address is not a valid IP address.
 */
public static InetAddress
getByAddress(String addr) throws UnknownHostException {
	byte [] bytes;
	bytes = toByteArray(addr, IPv4);
	if (bytes != null)
		return InetAddress.getByAddress(addr, bytes);
	bytes = toByteArray(addr, IPv6);
	if (bytes != null)
		return InetAddress.getByAddress(addr, bytes);
	throw new UnknownHostException("Invalid address: " + addr);
}

/**
 * Converts an address from its string representation to an IP address in