====== dhcp4java ======
//The free open-source DHCP API for Java.//

Dhcp4java is a **free open-source 100% Java DHCP API** as a stand-alone library, suitable for client/server/relay development. It originates from the Perl module [[http://search.cpan.org/~shadinger/Net-DHCP/|Net::DHCP]].

Link to the [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/dhcp4java/|dhcp4java]] sourceforge project.

Project License: [[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html|GNU General Public License (GPL)]].



===== News =====

  * 2008-05-11: [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160305|Release 1.00]]
    * Now proudly announcing the official 1.00 release. Only containing a small fix to enhance conformance to rfc 2131, thanks to Thiago Figueiredo.
  * 2007-12-05: [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160305|Release 0.99]]
    * Changed to version 0.99 after being into production for quite a while now. More unit tests and enhancements proposed by Manuel Kasper and John Tobey.
  * 2007-05-15: [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160305|Release 0.73]]
  * 2007-04-25: [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160305|Release 0.72]]
  * 2006-12-19: [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=160305|Release 0.71]]


===== Introduction =====


**dhcp4java** //API for DHCP//: a general purpose API for receiving and sending DHCP/BOOTP packets with support for a variety of options with a high-level datatypes support. It includes a server framework based on a model similar to the well-known Servlet model. Note: it is limited to IPv4 DHCP.