Index: java/net/InetAddress.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/classpath/classpath/java/net/InetAddress.java,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -b -B -r1.28 InetAddress.java
--- java/net/InetAddress.java	9 Oct 2003 15:59:56 -0000	1.28
+++ java/net/InetAddress.java	20 Mar 2004 14:03:06 -0000
@@ -270,7 +271,6 @@
   {
     // This is the IPv4 implementation.
     // Any class derived from InetAddress should override this.
-    
     return equals (ANY_IF);
   }
 
@@ -499,8 +499,7 @@
    */
   public boolean equals (Object obj)
   {
-    if (obj == null
-        || ! (obj instanceof InetAddress))
+    if (! (obj instanceof InetAddress))
       return false;
     
     // "The Java Class Libraries" 2nd edition says "If a machine has
@@ -625,7 +624,7 @@
    * Returns an InetAddress object representing the IP address of the given
    * hostname.  This name can be either a hostname such as "www.urbanophile.com"
    * or an IP address in dotted decimal format such as "127.0.0.1".  If the
-   * hostname is null, the hostname of the local machine is supplied by
+   * hostname is null or "", the hostname of the local machine is supplied by
    * default.  This method is equivalent to returning the first element in
    * the InetAddress array returned from GetAllByName.
    *
@@ -646,10 +645,10 @@
       s.checkConnect (hostname, -1);
    
     // Default to current host if necessary
-    if (hostname == null)
+    if (hostname == null || hostname.length() == 0)
       return getLocalHost();
 
-    // Assume that the host string is an IP address.
+    // Assume that the host string is an IP address
     byte[] address = aton (hostname);
     if (address != null)
       return new InetAddress (address);
@@ -851,7 +850,7 @@
     throws UnknownHostException;
 
   /*
-   * Needed for serialization.
+   * Needed for serialization
    */
   private void readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException
   {