IP address lookup and Sockets

Hi All,
I have created a Socket using java.net.Socket(String host, int port) by passing the required host, port parameters.
The host string is specified in the form of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, even though the Java
program(client) is running on the same machine where the server socket is listening, (IP address is not specified as 'loopback address' localhost/127.0.0.1).
Below are my queries for the above mentioned scenario.
1) When the data is sent/received to/from the Socket, will the data
travel across the network and return back to the same machine or it will be a direct send/receive within the same machine?
2) Is the loopback address 'localhost/127.0.0.1' used internally by the underlying socket implementation without performing lookup of the IP address in the network?
3) Does this behavior varies/depends on the underlying OS or the network
protocol/configuration?
Thanks in advance,
Sreenivasulu

1: it depends upon the mechanism through which the sockets between client and server are established (in ur case the client and the server is the same machine). When u specify the localhost/127.0.0.1, port where the server is listening, then i think the request should go out to the network and the OS will handle it by it self and manage the connection then the data will not travel through the whole network. Other wise when u specify that the server is listening on 192.168.0.0:9000 then the OS will go to look up server /dns it will tell him where this system in laying on the network is it in he same netwrok or out side this network and then a connection is established now the data will travel through the network, cause it will look for the system 192.168.0.0.
2: when u will use the loopback for specific IP then the direct connection is made to the system.
3: i can say nothing about this issus how the other OS are behaving cause i had mostly worked on Windows NT/2000
i am in the learning process. If i am wrong plz correct me. And i am also very much interested for the replies from other users...
thanx

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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Hello,
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="1.0">
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<DirectoryServerType>BDI</DirectoryServerType>
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Spam wrote:
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I was trying to get a URL for an image this morning, but for some reason couldn't drag the picture up to my address bar. Everything just kept highlighting instead. This was frustrating, so I tried "right" clicking and saving the image address, which I then tried to paste into my address bar. For some reason, it wouldn't let me paste anything. I tried doing it from the "Edit" tab, and I tried doing it through "apple+v"
None of it worked. I tried this at least three times. Somehow, the third or fouth time I clicked on the address bar and hit "apple+v" my address bar literally poofed away. Like I was taking something out of my dock. The back, forward, reload, and stop buttons are all still visible and functioning, it's just the specific "Address" and "Search" bars that I'm missing.
I didn't know this was possible! I tried to get it back through the "View" tab: I tried going through "Customize Address Bar" and "Hide/Show Address Bar" and I restarted everything at least five times. Apparently, my roommate tried the same thing and managed to poof his address bar away too (who knew!) but was able to get it back through the "Customize Address Bar" tab. For some reason, it's not letting me drag anything anywhere. (Or cut and paste anything! I tried copying something from Safari and pasting it into another application, and that didn't work either.)
Does anyone have any suggestions? I was going to google it, but I can't figure out how to get there :/
ibook g4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

banannaphone,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Quit Safari, find the com.apple.Safari.plist file in your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder, drag it to the Desktop, log out/in or restart and let us know what happens.
;~)

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