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Issue

DNS lookups within my Java application are slow due to poor response to IPv6 AAAA record requests within my DNS infrastructure.
This is similar to Why are IPV6 DNS lookups done even when IPV6 is disabled in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
How can I change the getaddrinfo(AF_UNSPEC) system call behaviour in Java, to only look up IPv4 A records when a DNS request is made?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Java application performing DNS lookups
DNS server which responds poorly/slowly to IPv6 AAAA requests
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
Tomcat

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