# ProtocolFamily

public interface **ProtocolFamily**

|---|---|---|
| Known Indirect Subclasses [StandardProtocolFamily](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/net/StandardProtocolFamily.html) |---|---| | [StandardProtocolFamily](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/net/StandardProtocolFamily.html) | Defines the standard families of communication protocols. | |||

Represents a family of communication protocols.

### Public Method Summary

|---|---|
| abstract [String](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/String.html) | [name](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/net/ProtocolFamily.html#name())() Returns the name of the protocol family. |

## Public Methods

#### public abstract [String](https://developers.google.com/j2objc/javadoc/jre/reference/java/lang/String.html)
**name**
()

Returns the name of the protocol family.

##### Returns

- the name of the protocol family