String ip = request.getRemoteAddr();
HttpServletResponse httpResp = null;
if (response instanceof HttpServletResponse)
httpResp = (HttpServletResponse) response;
StringTokenizer toke = new StringTokenizer(ip,".");
int dots = 0;
String byte1 = "";
String byte2 = "";
String client = "";
while (toke.hasMoreTokens()){
++dots;
//if we've reached the second dot, break and check out the indx value
if (dots == 1){
byte1 = toke.nextToken();
} else {
byte2 = toke.nextToken();
break;
}
}//while
//Piece together half of the client IP address so it can be compared with
//the forbidden range represented by IPFilter.IP_RANGE
client = byte1+"."+byte2;
if (IP_RANGE.equals(client)){
httpResp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_FORBIDDEN,
"That means goodbye forever!" );
} else {
chain.doFilter(request,response);
}