* hashcode.
 */ 

    public int hashCode() {
        return address;
    }

/** 
 * Determines if this address is equal two another. Only the IP Addresses
 * are compared. Similar to the {@link #hashCode} method, the comparison
 * is based on the integer IP address and not the string representation.
 */ 

    public boolean equals( Object obj ) {

     */

    @Override
    public int hashCode () {
        return this.address;
    }


    /**
     * Determines if this address is equal two another. Only the IP Addresses
     * are compared. Similar to the {@link #hashCode} method, the comparison
     * is based on the integer IP address and not the string representation.
     */

    @Override
    public boolean equals ( Object obj ) {