SocketAddress

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• SocketAddress is an abstract class representing a socket address without a specific protocol.

• It's designed to be subclassed for protocol-specific implementations like InetSocketAddress.

• This immutable class is used by sockets for binding, connecting, or as return values.

• InetSocketAddress is a direct subclass implementing IP Socket Address with hostname and port.

• SocketAddress provides a way to represent socket addresses for network communication in Java.

public abstract class SocketAddress extends Object
implements Serializable

Known Direct Subclasses InetSocketAddress InetSocketAddress This class implements an IP Socket Address (IP address + port number) It can also be a pair (hostname + port number), in which case an attempt will be made to resolve the hostname.

This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment. As an abstract class, it is meant to be subclassed with a specific, protocol dependent, implementation.

It provides an immutable object used by sockets for binding, connecting, or as returned values.

See Also

• Socket
• ServerSocket

Public Constructor Summary

SocketAddress()

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.

Public Constructors

public SocketAddress ()