Re: cached info that InetAddress stores?

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From: Paul Murray
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 00:00

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"Aaron Fennell" <aaronf@breezesoftware.com.au> wrote in message
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> When I use InetAddress.getAllByName(hostName) to get a list of IP
addresses,
> the data is cached. Subsequent calls to this method always return the same
> data. However the host addresses sometimes changes and I want to detect
> this. This is for use on a local machine (not for querying arbitrary
> machines on the net).
>
> The reason is to detect an IP from an ISP might be added since the VM
> started. If I restart the VM all the IP's are listed.
>
> Is there a way to clear the cached info that InetAddress stores? Is there
a
> better way for me to check the active IP's on a local machine?

Is this a bug in the API?
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