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Listing Network Interface Addresses
One of the most useful pieces of information you can get from a
network interface is the list of IP addresses that are assigned to it.
You can obtain this information from a
NetworkInterface
instance by using one of two methods. The first method,
getInetAddresses(), returns an
Enumeration of
InetAddress. The other method,
getInterfaceAddresses(), returns a list of
java.net.InterfaceAddress instances. This method is used when you need more
information about an interface address beyond its IP address. For
example, you might need additional information about the subnet mask and
broadcast address when the address is an IPv4 address, and
a network prefix length in the case of an IPv6 address.
The following example program lists all the network interfaces and their addresses
on a machine:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import static java.lang.System.out;
public class ListNets
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws SocketException {
Enumeration<NetworkInterface> nets = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
for (NetworkInterface netint : Collections.list(nets))
displayInterfaceInformation(netint);
}
static void displayInterfaceInformation(NetworkInterface netint) throws SocketException {
out.printf("Display name: %s\n", netint.getDisplayName());
out.printf("Name: %s\n", netint.getName());
Enumeration<InetAddress> inetAddresses = netint.getInetAddresses();
for (InetAddress inetAddress : Collections.list(inetAddresses)) {
out.printf("InetAddress: %s\n", inetAddress);
}
out.printf("\n");
}
}
The following is sample output from the example program:
Display name: TCP Loopback interface
Name: lo
InetAddress: /127.0.0.1
Display name: Wireless Network Connection
Name: eth0
InetAddress: /192.0.2.0
