Convert IP between IPv4 and numerical format in java

Question

An IPv4 can have more representations: as string (a.b.c.d) or numerical (as an unsigned int of 32 bits). (Maybe other, but I will ignore them.)

Is there any

Answer 1

Code snippet provided by QuakeCore will throw "java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host" on the part where you want to convert it back to string

but the idea of utilizing InetAddress class is correct. Here is what you want to do:

            try {
                InetAddress inetAddressOrigin = InetAddress.getByName("78.83.228.120");
                int intRepresentation = ByteBuffer.wrap(inetAddressOrigin.getAddress()).getInt(); //1314120824

                ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
                buffer.putInt(intRepresentation);
                byte[] b = buffer.array();

                InetAddress inetAddressRestored = InetAddress.getByAddress(b);
                String ip = inetAddressRestored.getHostAddress();//78.83.228.120

            } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
                e.printStackTrace(); //
            }

P.S.: If you will do this for some list of ips, validate them to be sure they don't have subnet masks, for example: 78.83.228.0/8 In this case you will need to flatten them: 78.83.228.0/8 => 78.83.228.0 78.83.228.1 78.83.228.2 78.83.228.3 78.83.228.4 78.83.228.5 78.83.228.6 78.83.228.7