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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/vm/reference/java/net/VMInetAddress.java b/libjava/classpath/vm/reference/java/net/VMInetAddress.java
index 19f5d7d341c..a99c216b96c 100644
--- a/libjava/classpath/vm/reference/java/net/VMInetAddress.java
+++ b/libjava/classpath/vm/reference/java/net/VMInetAddress.java
@@ -84,4 +84,14 @@ class VMInetAddress implements Serializable
*/
public static native byte[][] getHostByName(String hostname)
throws UnknownHostException;
+
+ /**
+ * Return the IP address represented by a literal address.
+ * Will return null if the literal address is not valid.
+ *
+ * @param address the name of the host
+ *
+ * @return The IP address as a byte array
+ */
+ public static native byte[] aton(String address);
}
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