package org.limewire.net;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.limewire.io.IP;
/**
* Represents a WHOIS request. The request value will be
* sent to the appropriate whois server, and the response
* will be parsed for name:value pairs.
*
* Some whois servers merely report the authoritative
* server for a given domain, and we support ONE level of
* forwarding here.
*
*/
public interface WhoIsRequest {
public void doRequest() throws IOException;
public IP getNetRange ();
}