Package org.jolokia.server.core.util

Class IpChecker

java.lang.Object

org.jolokia.server.core.util.IpChecker

public final class IpChecker
extends Object

Checks whether a certain ip adresse is either equal another address or falls within a subnet

Since:

Oct 8, 2009

Author:

roland

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	matches(String pExpected, String pToCheck)	Check whether a given IP Adress falls within a subnet or is equal to

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

matches

public static boolean matches(String pExpected,
 String pToCheck)

Check whether a given IP Adress falls within a subnet or is equal to

Parameters:

pExpected - either a simple IP adress (without "/") or a net specification including a netmask (e.g "/24" or "/255.255.255.0")

pToCheck - the ip address to check

Returns:

true if either the address to check is the same as the address expected of falls within the subnet if a netmask is given