}
        return def;
    }


    /**
     * Retrieve an array of <tt>InetAddress</tt> created from a property
     * value containing a <tt>delim</tt> separated list of host names and/or
     * ip addresses.
     */
    public static InetAddress[] getInetAddressArray ( Properties props, String key, String delim, InetAddress[] def ) {
        String p = props.getProperty(key);