Merge "Use InetAddress.parseNumericAddress."

     */

    public static InetAddress numericToInetAddress(String addrString)

            throws IllegalArgumentException {

        // TODO - do this for real, using a hidden method on InetAddress that aborts

        // instead of doing dns step

        if (!InetAddress.isNumeric(addrString)) {

            throw new IllegalArgumentException("numericToInetAddress with non numeric: '" +

                    addrString + "'");

        }

        try {

            return InetAddress.getByName(addrString);

        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {

            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);

        }

        return InetAddress.parseNumericAddress(addrString);

    }

    /**