io.codepace

Class NetUtils

java.lang.Object

io.codepace.NetUtils

public class NetUtils
extends Object

NetUtils provides many functions to simplify networking tasks.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NetUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getLocalIp() Gets the local IP address of the current machine.
String	getWanIp() Gets the WAN IP address of the current network using an AWS service.
String	HttpRequest(String host, HttpTypes type) Sends an HTTP request of type HttpTypes.
boolean	pingAddr(String addr) "Pings" an address to check if it's alive
boolean	pingHost(String host) "Pings" host to check if it's alive
String	urlShortenGoogle(String url) Uses Google's URL shortening API to shorten a given url (goo.gl format)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NetUtils

public NetUtils()

Method Detail

pingHost

public boolean pingHost(String host)

"Pings" host to check if it's alive

Parameters:

host - The hostname to ping

Returns:

true if the host is reachable, false if not

pingAddr

public boolean pingAddr(String addr)

"Pings" an address to check if it's alive

Parameters:

addr - The ip address to ping

Returns:

true if the host is reachable, false if not

HttpRequest

public String HttpRequest(String host,
                          HttpTypes type)

Sends an HTTP request of type HttpTypes.

Parameters:

host - The host to request

type - The type of HTTP request to make (GET, POST, etc.)

Returns:

The response from the server

See Also:

SimpleHttpRequest, SimpleHttpRequest.fire()

getWanIp

public String getWanIp()

Gets the WAN IP address of the current network using an AWS service.

Returns:

String - The WAN IP

getLocalIp

public String getLocalIp()

Gets the local IP address of the current machine.

Returns:

String - The local IP address

urlShortenGoogle

public String urlShortenGoogle(String url)

Uses Google's URL shortening API to shorten a given url (goo.gl format)

Parameters:

url - The URL to shorten

Returns:

String - The shortened URL