InetAddressUtil.java

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package ddf.util;

import java.net.Inet4Address;
import java.net.Inet6Address;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.Enumeration;

public class InetAddressUtil {
    /**
     * Retrieves the first non-loopback IP address, (i.e., filters out 127.0.0.1 addresses) for
     * machine your are running on.
     *
     * @return
     * @throws SocketException
     */
    public static InetAddress getFirstNonLoopbackAddress() throws SocketException {
        return getFirstNonLoopbackAddress(true, false);
    }

    /**
     * @param preferIpv4
     * @param preferIPv6
     * @return
     * @throws SocketException
     */
    public static InetAddress getFirstNonLoopbackAddress(boolean preferIpv4, boolean preferIPv6)
            throws SocketException {
        Enumeration en = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
        while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
            NetworkInterface i = (NetworkInterface) en.nextElement();
            Enumeration en2 = i.getInetAddresses();
            while (en2.hasMoreElements()) {
                InetAddress addr = (InetAddress) en2.nextElement();
                if (!addr.isLoopbackAddress()) {
                    if (addr instanceof Inet4Address) {
                        if (preferIPv6) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        return addr;
                    }
                    if (addr instanceof Inet6Address) {
                        if (preferIpv4) {
                            continue;
                        }
                        return addr;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

}