From 94e01acb7bd013f698df96b081f9020dc6206906 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Feuz <kyle.feuz@aggiemail.usu.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:37:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes Issue #2576 NPE when calling ip() on disconnected
 clients.

---
 java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java b/java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java
index de39b6e9f..1c9e2ea9b 100644
--- a/java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java
+++ b/java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class Client implements Runnable {
       socket = new Socket(this.host, this.port);
       input = socket.getInputStream();
       output = socket.getOutputStream();
+      ip = socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress();
 
       thread = new Thread(this);
       thread.start();
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public class Client implements Runnable {
 
     input = socket.getInputStream();
     output = socket.getOutputStream();
+    ip = socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress();
 
     thread = new Thread(this);
     thread.start();
@@ -274,7 +276,7 @@ public class Client implements Runnable {
    * @brief Returns the IP address of the machine as a String
    */
   public String ip() {
-    return socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress();
+    return ip;
   }