Java Convert a String representing an IP to InetAddress

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Possible Duplicate    Is there an easy way to convert String to Inetaddress in Java        I m  trying to convert a string representing an IP address  e g  10 0 2 50  into an InetAddress obj    According to the API it is possible to create an Object providing a String representing a hostname  e g  www google ch   This is not an option for me since I do not have the hostname for each InetAddress object I want to create besides that it takes too long    Is it possible to convert a String  e g  10 0 2 50  into an InetAddress obj    according to the api it is possible to do so if you have the IP as byte    but how do I convert a String containing an IP into byte

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Simply call InetAddress getByName String host  passing in your textual IP address   From the javadoc  The host name can either be a machine name  such as  java sun com   or a textual representation of its IP address   InetAddress javadoc

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From the documentation of InetAddress getByName String host       The host name can either be a machine   name  such as  java sun com   or a   textual representation of its IP   address  If a literal IP address is   supplied  only the validity of the   address format is checked    So you can use it

[java] Java: Convert a String (representing an IP) to InetAddress

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