NetworkAddress (server 6.8.21 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkAddress

```
public final class NetworkAddress
extends java.lang.Object
```
Utility functions for presentation of network addresses.
Java's address formatting is particularly bad, every address has an optional host if its resolved, so IPv4 addresses often look like this (note the confusing leading slash):
```
    /127.0.0.1
 
```
IPv6 addresses are even worse, with no IPv6 address compression, and often containing things like numeric scopeids, which are even more confusing (e.g. not going to work in any user's browser, refer to an interface on another machine, etc):
```
    /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1%1
 
```
Note: the %1 is the "scopeid".
This class provides sane address formatting instead, e.g. 127.0.0.1 and ::1 respectively. No methods do reverse lookups.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String`	`format(java.net.InetAddress address)`	Formats a network address for display purposes.
`static java.lang.String`	`format(java.net.InetSocketAddress address)`	Formats a network address and port for display purposes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - format
```
public static java.lang.String format(java.net.InetAddress address)
```
    Formats a network address for display purposes.
    This formats only the address, any hostname information, if present, is ignored. IPv6 addresses are compressed and without scope identifiers.
    Example output with just an address:
    
    IPv4: 127.0.0.1
    
    IPv6: ::1
    Parameters:
    
    address - IPv4 or IPv6 address
    
    Returns:
    
    formatted string
  - format
```
public static java.lang.String format(java.net.InetSocketAddress address)
```
    Formats a network address and port for display purposes.
    This formats the address with format(InetAddress) and appends the port number. IPv6 addresses will be bracketed. Any host information, if present is ignored.
    Example output:
    
    IPv4: 127.0.0.1:9300
    
    IPv6: [::1]:9300
    Parameters:
    
    address - IPv4 or IPv6 address with port
    
    Returns:
    
    formatted string