Java:inetaddress to String conversion

Question

I have searched a lot but i could not find any way to convert inetaddress type to string(may be my searching is not that good :S).I have to convert it into string type because i have to display the result in textarea(gui component) which requires string type.So can anyone how is this possible??

Answer 1

Java API for InetAddress class has good methods for your needs, I see. Try these methods. You can check out other property getters of InetAddress for your further requirements.

public static void main ( String [] args ) throws UnknownHostException
{
    // Instantiate your own InetAddress object.
    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); 
    String hostIP = address.getHostAddress() ;
    String hostName = address.getHostName();
    System.out.println( "IP: " + hostIP + "\n" + "Name: " + hostName);
}

Answer 2

Have you tried to InetAddress.toString() method?