org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.routines
Class InetAddressValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.groovy.grails.validation.routines.InetAddressValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class InetAddressValidator
extends Object
implements 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: 594917 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

InetAddressValidator()

Method Summary

static InetAddressValidator	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance of this validator.
boolean	isValid(String inetAddress) Checks if the specified string is a valid IP address.
boolean	isValidInet4Address(String inet4Address) Validates an IPv4 address.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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(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(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