Java: convert InetAddress to string

I searched a lot, but I couldn't find any way to convert InetAddress type to string (maybe my search was not very good: s) I have to convert it to string type because I have to display the result component in textarea (GUI), which requires string type Anyone can. Is that possible?

Solution

The Java API for InetAddress class has a good method to meet your needs. I see

public static void main ( String [] args ) throws UnkNownHostException
{
    // Instantiate your own InetAddress object.
    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); 
    String hostIP = address.getHostAddress() ;
    String hostName = address.getHostName();
    System.out.println( "IP: " + hostIP + "\n" + "Name: " + hostName);
}