Java InetAddress getByAddress() method

The getByAddress() of Java InetAddress class returns an InetAddress object created from the raw IP address.

Syntax:

public static InetAddress getByAddress(byte[] addr)  throws UnknownHostException

Parameters:

addr - the raw IP address in network byte order.

Returns

The getByName() method returns an InetAddress object created from the raw IP address.

Throws

UnknowHostException - If IP address is of illegal length.

Example 1

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class JavaInetAddressGetByAddressExample1 {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        byte[] ipAddr = new byte[] { 127, 0, 0, 1 };
        InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByAddress("Localhost",ipAddr);
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(addr.getAddress()));
    }
}

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