setActiveIPAddress with name instead of IP

Question

Is it possible to have the setActiveIPAddress(String) method which allows name instead of IP-number as input?
for example setActiveIPAddress("example.org");

Answer 1

Currently you need to convert to IP address, e.g.

InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("example.org");
setActiveIPAddress(address.getHostAddress());

I'm surprised no-one has asked before though ... we'll look at making a change so that this can be done.