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        Key: JAMES-302
    Summary: Functionality of org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer.getByName(String) 
is not symetric to java.net.InetAddress.getByName(String)
       Type: Bug

     Status: Unassigned
   Priority: Critical

    Project: James
 Components: 
             DNSServer
   Versions:
             2.2.0

   Assignee: 
   Reporter: Steve Brewin

    Created: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 2:43 PM
    Updated: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 2:43 PM
Environment: Tested on WIN2000, JDK 1.4.1_01-b01

Description:
org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer.getByName(String) does not always return the same 
result as java.net.InetAddress.getByName(address). Sometimes an exception is thrown 
when the standard implementation does not.

When passed a fully qualified domain name the results are the same. When passed a 
hostname or the special name 'localhost', a java.net.UnknownHostException is thrown by 
org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer while java.net.InetAddress resolves the addresses 
correctly.

This is a critical issue as in v2.2.0 java.net.InetAddress.getByName() has pretty 
thoroughly been replaced by org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer.getByName(), but in 
the noted circumstances it doesn't perform the same. Dependent code breaks.

Here are the contrasting examples...

// FAILS
String address = "localhost";
java.net.InetAddress inetAddress = 
org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer.getByName(address);
return inetAddress;

// FAILS
String address = "hostname";
java.net.InetAddress inetAddress = 
org.apache.james.dnsserver.DNSServer.getByName(address);
return inetAddress;

// SUCCEEDS
String address = "localhost";
java.net.InetAddress inetAddress = java.net.InetAddress.getByName(address);
return inetAddress;

// SUCCEEDS
String address = "hostname";
java.net.InetAddress inetAddress = java.net.InetAddress.getByName(address);
return inetAddress;


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