Validating IPv4 string in Java

Here is an easier-to-read, slightly less efficient, way you could go about it.

public static boolean validIP (String ip) {
    try {
        if ( ip == null || ip.isEmpty() ) {
            return false;
        }

        String[] parts = ip.split( "\\." );
        if ( parts.length != 4 ) {
            return false;
        }

        for ( String s : parts ) {
            int i = Integer.parseInt( s );
            if ( (i < 0) || (i > 255) ) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        if ( ip.endsWith(".") ) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
        return false;
    }
}