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020
021package org.apache.directory.api.util;
022
023
024import java.net.InetAddress;
025
026
027/**
028 * Network utils.
029 * 
030 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
031 */
032public final class Network
033{
034    /**
035     * Private constructor.
036     */
037    private Network()
038    {
039    }
040
041    /** The loopback address (ie, ::1 or 127.0.0.1 */
042    public static final InetAddress LOOPBACK = getLoopbackAddress();
043    
044    /** The loopback hostname */
045    public static final String LOOPBACK_HOSTNAME = getLoopbackHostName();
046
047
048    private static String getLoopbackHostName()
049    {
050        InetAddress loopbackAddress = InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress();
051        return loopbackAddress.getCanonicalHostName();
052    }
053
054
055    private static InetAddress getLoopbackAddress()
056    {
057        InetAddress loopbackAddress = InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress();
058        return loopbackAddress;
059    }
060
061
062    /**
063     * Construct a LDAP URL using the loopback address.
064     * 
065     * @param port The port
066     * @return The Loopback URL
067     */
068    public static String ldapLoopbackUrl( int port )
069    {
070        return "ldap://" + LOOPBACK_HOSTNAME + ":" + port;
071    }
072}