Package org.apache.commons.validator.routines

Class InetAddressValidator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.validator.routines.InetAddressValidator

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java.io.Serializable

public class InetAddressValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

InetAddress validation and conversion routines (java.net.InetAddress).

This class provides methods to validate a candidate IP address.

This class is a Singleton; you can retrieve the instance via the getInstance() method.

Since:

Validator 1.4

Version:

$Revision: 1651811 $

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static java.lang.String	IPV4_REGEX
private RegexValidator	ipv4Validator	IPv4 RegexValidator
private static long	serialVersionUID
private static InetAddressValidator	VALIDATOR	Singleton instance of this class.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InetAddressValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static InetAddressValidator	getInstance()	Returns the singleton instance of this validator.
boolean	isValid(java.lang.String inetAddress)	Checks if the specified string is a valid IP address.
boolean	isValidInet4Address(java.lang.String inet4Address)	Validates an IPv4 address.
boolean	isValidInet6Address(java.lang.String inet6Address)	Validates an IPv6 address.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

IPV4_REGEX

private static final java.lang.String IPV4_REGEX

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Constant Field Values

VALIDATOR

private static final InetAddressValidator VALIDATOR

Singleton instance of this class.

ipv4Validator

private final RegexValidator ipv4Validator

IPv4 RegexValidator

Constructor Detail

InetAddressValidator

public InetAddressValidator()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static InetAddressValidator getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance of this validator.

Returns:

the singleton instance of this validator

isValid

public boolean isValid(java.lang.String inetAddress)

Checks if the specified string is a valid IP address.

Parameters:

inetAddress - the string to validate

Returns:

true if the string validates as an IP address

isValidInet4Address

public boolean isValidInet4Address(java.lang.String inet4Address)

Validates an IPv4 address. Returns true if valid.

Parameters:

inet4Address - the IPv4 address to validate

Returns:

true if the argument contains a valid IPv4 address

isValidInet6Address

public boolean isValidInet6Address(java.lang.String inet6Address)

Validates an IPv6 address. Returns true if valid.

Parameters:

inet6Address - the IPv6 address to validate

Returns:

true if the argument contains a valid IPv6 address

Since:

1.4.1