2004-05-03 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>

	Fixes PR libgcj/14695:
	* java/net/NetworkInterface.java
	(getByName): Return null when no interface was found.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@81434 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java b/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
index e7f7290febc..ab6d7b4263f 100644
--- a/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
+++ b/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
@@ -130,12 +130,15 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
   }
 
   /**
-   *  Returns an network interface by name
+   * Returns an network interface by name
    *
-   *  @param name The name of the interface to return
+   * @param name The name of the interface to return
+   * 
+   * @return a <code>NetworkInterface</code> object representing the interface,
+   * or null if there is no interface with that name.
    *
-   *  @exception SocketException If an error occurs
-   *  @exception NullPointerException If the specified name is null
+   * @exception SocketException If an error occurs
+   * @exception NullPointerException If the specified name is null
    */
   public static NetworkInterface getByName(String name)
     throws SocketException
@@ -150,7 +153,8 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
 	  return tmp;
       }
 
-    throw new SocketException("no network interface with this name exists");
+    // No interface with the given name found.
+    return null;
   }
 
   /**