src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/converters/InetAddressConverter.java

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package com.beust.jcommander.converters;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

import com.beust.jcommander.IStringConverter;

/**
 * Converts {@code String}s to {@code InetAddress}'.
 */
public class InetAddressConverter implements IStringConverter<InetAddress> {

    @Override
    public InetAddress convert(String host) {
        try {
            return InetAddress.getByName(host);
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(host, e);
        }
    }

}