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package bt.service;

import bt.BtException;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 * Provides useful network functions.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public class NetworkUtil {

    /**
     * Get address for a local internet link.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    public static InetAddress getInetAddressFromNetworkInterfaces() {
        InetAddress selectedAddress = null;
        try {
            Enumeration networkInterfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
            outer:
            while (networkInterfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
                NetworkInterface networkInterface = networkInterfaces.nextElement();
                Enumeration inetAddresses = networkInterface.getInetAddresses();
                while (inetAddresses.hasMoreElements()) {
                    InetAddress inetAddress = inetAddresses.nextElement();
                    if (!inetAddress.isMulticastAddress() && !inetAddress.isLoopbackAddress()
                            && inetAddress.getAddress().length == 4) {
                        selectedAddress = inetAddress;
                        break outer;
                    }
                }
            }

        } catch (SocketException e) {
            throw new BtException("Failed to retrieve network address", e);
        }
        // explicitly returning a loopback address here instead of null;
        // otherwise we'll depend on how JDK classes handle this,
        // e.g. java/net/Socket.java:635
        return (selectedAddress == null)? InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress() : selectedAddress;
    }
}