[java] IP Address to byte array

public byte[] asBytes(String addr) {




	// Convert the TCP/IP address string to an integer value

	int ipInt = parseNumericAddress(addr);

	if (ipInt == 0)

		return null;




	// Convert to bytes

	byte[] ipByts = new byte[4];

	ipByts[3] = (byte) (ipInt & 0xFF);

	ipByts[2] = (byte) ((ipInt >> 8) & 0xFF);



	ipByts[1] = (byte) ((ipInt >> 16) & 0xFF);

	ipByts[0] = (byte) ((ipInt >> 24) & 0xFF);



	// Return the TCP/IP bytes

	return ipByts;

}