Method forString

corpus/java/training/guava/net/InetAddresses.java:139–148

Returns the InetAddress having the given string representation. This deliberately avoids all nameservice lookups (e.g. no DNS). @param ipString String containing an IPv4 or IPv6 string literal, e.g. "192.168.0.1" or "2001:db8::1" @return InetAddress r

(String ipString)

   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument is not a valid IP string literal
   */
  public static InetAddress forString(String ipString) {
    byte[] addr = ipStringToBytes(ipString);

    // The argument was malformed, i.e. not an IP string literal.
    if (addr == null) {
      throw formatIllegalArgumentException("'%s' is not an IP string literal.", ipString);
    }

    return bytesToInetAddress(addr);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if the supplied string is a valid IP string literal, {@code false}