try {
InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(args[0]);
if (address.isAnyLocalAddress()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a wildcard address.");
}
if (address.isLoopbackAddress()) {
System.out.println(address + " is loopback address.");
}
if (address.isLinkLocalAddress()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a link-local address.");
}
else if (address.isSiteLocalAddress()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a site-local address.");
}
else {
System.out.println(address + " is a global address.");
}
if (address.isMulticastAddress()) {
if (address.isMCGlobal()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a global multicast address.");
}
else if (address.isMCOrgLocal()) {
System.out.println(address
+ " is an organization wide multicast address.");
}
else if (address.isMCSiteLocal()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a site wide multicast address.");
}
else if (address.isMCLinkLocal()) {
System.out.println(address + " is a subnet wide multicast address.");
}
else if (address.isMCNodeLocal()) {
System.out.println(address
+ " is an interface-local multicast address.");
}
else {
System.out.println(address + " is an unknown multicast address type.");
}
}
else {
System.out.println(address + " is a unicast address.");
}
}
catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
System.err.println("Could not resolve " + args[0]);
}
