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27 package org.apache.http.conn;
28
29 import java.net.InetAddress;
30 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
31
32 /**
33 * Users may implement this interface to override the normal DNS lookup offered
34 * by the OS.
35 *
36 * @since 4.2
37 */
38 public interface DnsResolver {
39
40 /**
41 * Returns the IP address for the specified host name, or null if the given
42 * host is not recognized or the associated IP address cannot be used to
43 * build an InetAddress instance.
44 *
45 * @see InetAddress
46 *
47 * @param host
48 * The host name to be resolved by this resolver.
49 * @return The IP address associated to the given host name, or null if the
50 * host name is not known by the implementation class.
51 */
52 InetAddress[] resolve(String host) throws UnknownHostException;
53
54 }