org.torweg.pulse.util.geolocation
Interface IGeoLocationProvider

All Superinterfaces:

LifecycleResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

GeoIPLocationProvider, NoLookupLocationProvider

public interface IGeoLocationProvider
extends LifecycleResource

an interface for IP address to GeoLocation providers.

All implementations have to be threadsafe!

Version:

$Revision: 1409 $

Author:

Thomas Weber

Method Summary

GeoLocation	lookup(java.net.InetAddress ip) returns the GeoLocation for the given IP address.
GeoLocation	lookup(java.lang.String ip) returns the GeoLocation for the given IP address.

Methods inherited from interface org.torweg.pulse.invocation.lifecycle.LifecycleResource

isModified, restart, shutdown, startup

Method Detail

lookup

GeoLocation lookup(java.lang.String ip)

returns the GeoLocation for the given IP address.

Parameters:

ip - the IP address to lookup

Returns:

the origin of the IP address, never null

lookup

GeoLocation lookup(java.net.InetAddress ip)

returns the GeoLocation for the given IP address.

Parameters:

ip - the IP address to lookup

Returns:

the origin of the IP address, never null