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package android.gov.nist.core.net;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import android.javax.sip.address.Hop;
/**
* An interface that allows you to customize address lookup.
* The user can implement this interface to do DNS lookups or other lookup
* schemes and register it with the stack.
* The default implementation of the address resolver does nothing more than just return back
* the Hop that it was passed (fixing up the port if necessary).
* However, this behavior can be overriden. To override
* implement this interface and register it with the stack using
* {@link android.gov.nist.javax.sip.SipStackExt#setAddressResolver(AddressResolver)}.
* This interface will be incorporated into version 2.0 of the JAIN-SIP Specification.
*
* @since 2.0
*
*
* @author M. Ranganathan
*
*/
public interface AddressResolver {
/**
* Do a name lookup and resolve the given IP address.
* The default implementation is just an identity mapping
* (returns the argument).
*
* @param hop - an incoming Hop containing a potenitally unresolved address.
* @return a new hop ( if the address is recomputed ) or the original hop
* if this is just an identity mapping ( the default behavior ).
*/
public Hop resolveAddress( Hop hop);
}