// use InetAddresses.toUriString to convert the result to a string in
    // canonical form.
    InetAddress addr = null;
    try {
      addr = InetAddresses.forString(host);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
      // It is not an IPv4 or IPv6 literal
    }

    if (addr != null) {
      return new HostSpecifier(InetAddresses.toUriString(addr));
    }

   * IP address string joined by a "/".
   *
   * @param ip {@link InetAddress} to be converted to URI string literal
   * @return {@code String} containing URI-safe string literal
   */
  public static String toUriString(InetAddress ip) {
    if (ip instanceof Inet6Address) {
      return "[" + toAddrString(ip) + "]";
    }
    return toAddrString(ip);
  }

  /**

   * IP address string joined by a "/".
   *
   * @param ip {@link InetAddress} to be converted to URI string literal
   * @return {@code String} containing URI-safe string literal
   */
  public static String toUriString(InetAddress ip) {
    if (ip instanceof Inet6Address) {
      return "[" + toAddrString(ip) + "]";
    }
    return toAddrString(ip);
  }

  /**