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package com.pdd.pop.ext.apache.http.conn;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * Users may implement this interface to override the normal DNS lookup offered
 * by the OS.
 *
 * @since 4.2
 */
public interface DnsResolver {

    /**
     * Returns the IP address for the specified host name, or null if the given
     * host is not recognized or the associated IP address cannot be used to
     * build an InetAddress instance.
     *
     * @see InetAddress
     *
     * @param host
     *            The host name to be resolved by this resolver.
     * @return The IP address associated to the given host name, or null if the
     *         host name is not known by the implementation class.
     */
    InetAddress[] resolve(String host) throws UnknownHostException;

}