TElDNSSettings.ResolveHostName method

TElDNSSettings.ResolveHostName

Resolves IP address of the host.

Declaration

[C#]
IPAddress ResolveHostName(string HostName, bool UseIPv6);

[VB.NET]
Function ResolveHostName(ByVal HostName As String, ByVal UseIPv6 As Boolean) As IPAddress

[Pascal]
function ResolveHostName(const HostName : string; UseIPv6 : Boolean; out Addr : TSockAddrStorage) : Boolean;
function ResolveHostName(const HostName : string) : LongWord;

[C++]
bool ResolveHostName(const std::string &HostName, bool UseIPv6, sockaddr_storage &Addr);

[PHP]
bool ResolveHostName(string $HostName, bool $UseIPv6, sockaddr_storage &$Addr)

[Java]
InetAddress resolveHostName(String HostName, boolean UseIPv6);

Parameters

HostName - name of the host for which the address is required
UseIPv6 - specifies if IPv6 protocol is used
Addr - address of the host

Return value

[.NET]: returns the resolved IP address.
[VCL]: if IPv6 is enabled, returns True if the address has been successfully resolved, and False otherwise. The resolved adress is contained in Addr parameter. If IPv6 is disabled, returns the resolved IP address.

Description

Use this method to resolve IP address of the given host.
Use AddressToString function to convert TSockAddrStorage record to string representation.