Why isn't Java's InetAddress class resolving ipv6 addresses to their FQDN?

Question

I'm trying to write a simple program using Java that, given an IP in either version 4 or 6 format, will return its FQDN. The following code works fine when given an ipv4 address, but will only return the given address when an ipv6 address is entered.

InetAddress inet;
try { inet = InetAddress.getByName(theIpAddress); }
catch(UnknownHostException e) { System.out.println("Unknown Host"); return; }

System.out.println(inet.getHostAddress(););
System.out.println(inet.getHostName(););

Whenever I enter an ipv6 getHostName() will only return the same ipv6, even when I know that the ipv6 will resolve to a FQDN. Also, if I enter an ipv6 host name, such as ipv6.google.com, in place of theIpAddress, the exception will occur.

I'm new to this stuff so would appreciate any assistance. Thanks.

Answer 1

The problem was actually the version of Java I was running. Updating Java to 1.6.23, from 1.6.21, allowed ipv6s to resolve to their FQDN.