Index: src/share/org/apache/commons/validator/UrlValidator.java
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--- src/share/org/apache/commons/validator/UrlValidator.java	(revision 452984)
+++ src/share/org/apache/commons/validator/UrlValidator.java	(working copy)
@@ -355,7 +355,15 @@
 
 //rightmost hostname will never start with a digit.
         if (hostname) {
-            String[] domainSegment = new String[10];
+            // LOW-TECH FIX FOR VALIDATOR-202
+            char[] chars = hostIP.toCharArray();
+            int size = 1;
+            for(int i=0; i<chars.length; i++) {
+                if(chars[i] == '.') {
+                    size++;
+                }
+            }
+            String[] domainSegment = new String[size];
             boolean match = true;
             int segmentCount = 0;
             int segmentLength = 0;