diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog index a0271368f78..8ce6ccfdefb 100644 --- a/libjava/ChangeLog +++ b/libjava/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-03-16 Norbert Frese + + * java/net/InetAddress.java + (getByName): Handle hostname == "" case. + 2004-03-16 Dalibor Topic Reported by: Adam Heath diff --git a/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java b/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java index 0a69c1aab07..e5f6ba3a8a1 100644 --- a/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java +++ b/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ public class InetAddress implements Serializable * Returns an InetAddress object representing the IP address of the given * hostname. This name can be either a hostname such as "www.urbanophile.com" * or an IP address in dotted decimal format such as "127.0.0.1". If the - * hostname is null, the hostname of the local machine is supplied by + * hostname is null or "", the hostname of the local machine is supplied by * default. This method is equivalent to returning the first element in * the InetAddress array returned from GetAllByName. * @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ public class InetAddress implements Serializable s.checkConnect (hostname, -1); // Default to current host if necessary - if (hostname == null) + if (hostname == null || hostname.length() == 0) return getLocalHost(); // Assume that the host string is an IP address