Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address

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Demonstrates Socket.DnsLookup, which resolves a hostname and returns one numeric IP address.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkSocket socket = new CkSocket();

    //  Resolve a hostname to a numeric IP address, waiting up to 5 seconds.
    String ipAddress = socket.dnsLookup("example.com",5000);
    if (socket.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Resolved IP address: " + ipAddress);
  }
}