android/net/shared/InetAddressUtils.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package android.net.shared;

import android.os.Parcel;

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

/**
 * Collection of utilities to interact with {@link InetAddress}
 * @hide
 */
public class InetAddressUtils {

    /**
     * Writes an InetAddress to a parcel. The address may be null. This is likely faster than
     * calling writeSerializable.
     * @hide
     */
    public static void parcelInetAddress(Parcel parcel, InetAddress address, int flags) {
        byte[] addressArray = (address != null) ? address.getAddress() : null;
        parcel.writeByteArray(addressArray);
    }

    /**
     * Reads an InetAddress from a parcel. Returns null if the address that was written was null
     * or if the data is invalid.
     * @hide
     */
    public static InetAddress unparcelInetAddress(Parcel in) {
        byte[] addressArray = in.createByteArray();
        if (addressArray == null) {
            return null;
        }
        try {
            return InetAddress.getByAddress(addressArray);
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    private InetAddressUtils() {}
}