com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers

Class InetAddressStringParser

java.lang.Object

com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

com.martiansoftware.jsap.stringparsers.InetAddressStringParser

public class InetAddressStringParser
extends StringParser

A StringParser for parsing java.net.InetAddress objects. The parse() method delegates the actual parsing to InetAddress.getByName(String). If InetAddress.getByName() throws an UnknownHostException, it is encapsulated in a ParseException and re-thrown.

Author:

Marty Lamb

See Also:

StringParser, InetAddress

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
InetAddressStringParser() Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.INETADDRESS_PARSER.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static InetAddressStringParser	getParser() Returns a InetAddressStringParser.
Object	parse(String arg) Parses the specified argument into an InetAddress.

Methods inherited from class com.martiansoftware.jsap.StringParser

setUp, tearDown

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InetAddressStringParser

public InetAddressStringParser()

Deprecated. Use getParser() or, even better, JSAP.INETADDRESS_PARSER.

Creates a new InetAddressStringParser.

Method Detail

getParser

public static InetAddressStringParser getParser()

Returns a InetAddressStringParser.

Convenient access to the only instance returned by this method is available through JSAP.INETADDRESS_PARSER.

Returns:

a InetAddressStringParser.

parse

public Object parse(String arg)
             throws ParseException

Parses the specified argument into an InetAddress. This method delegates the actual parsing to InetAddress.getByName(arg). If InetAddress.getByName(arg) throws an UnknownHostException, it is encapsulated in a ParseException and re-thrown.

Specified by:

parse in class StringParser

Parameters:

arg - the argument to parse

Returns:

an InetAddress object representing the specified address.

Throws:

ParseException - if InetAddress.getByName(arg) throws an UnknownHostException.

See Also:

InetAddress, StringParser.parse(String)