Bug 1996 - multihomed hostnames

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cpp/src/Ice/Network.cpp b/cpp/src/Ice/Network.cpp
index 33bfec5739f..6e907c4bdbe 100644
--- a/cpp/src/Ice/Network.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Ice/Network.cpp
@@ -1260,6 +1260,38 @@ IceInternal::addrToString(const struct sockaddr_in& addr)
 }
 
 vector<string>
+IceInternal::getHosts(const string& host)
+{
+    vector<string> result;
+    struct hostent* he = 0;
+    int retry = 5;
+
+    do
+    {
+        he = gethostbyname(host.c_str());
+    }
+    while(he == 0 && h_errno == TRY_AGAIN && --retry >= 0);
+    
+    if(he == 0)
+    {
+        DNSException ex(__FILE__, __LINE__);
+        ex.error = h_errno;
+        ex.host = host;
+        throw ex;
+    }
+
+    char** ptr = he->h_addr_list;
+    while(*ptr)
+    {
+        struct in_addr* addr = reinterpret_cast<in_addr*>(*ptr);
+        result.push_back(inet_ntoa(*addr));
+        ptr++;
+    } 
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+vector<string>
 IceInternal::getLocalHosts()
 {
     vector<string> result;