setRemoteAddress vs setRemoteHost

Question

Hi,

just a quick question
im rather confused here

what's difference between setRemoteAddress and setRemoteHost?

if i just want to connect using IP Address which one do i need to use?
and also which one i need to use if i want to connect via DNS?

thanks

Answer 1

setRemoteAddress takes an InetAddress object.

setRemoteHost takes either the hostname (which DNS will resolve), or the IP address as a text string such as 192.168.10.1

Hi,

just a quick question
im rather confused here

what's difference between setRemoteAddress and setRemoteHost?

if i just want to connect using IP Address which one do i need to use?
and also which one i need to use if i want to connect via DNS?

thanks

Answer 2

Thanks