Java in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

Name

SocketAddress

Synopsis

Instances of this abstract class are opaque representations of network socket addresses. The only concrete subclass in the core Java platform is InetSocketAddress which represents an internet address and port number. See InetSocketAddress.

Figure 12-18. java.net.SocketAddress

public abstract class SocketAddress implements Serializable {
// Public Constructors
     public SocketAddress( );  
}

Subclasses

InetSocketAddress

Passed To

Too many methods to list.

Returned By

DatagramPacket.getSocketAddress( ), DatagramSocket.{getLocalSocketAddress( ), getRemoteSocketAddress( )}, java.net.Proxy.address( ), ServerSocket.getLocalSocketAddress( ), Socket.{getLocalSocketAddress( ), getRemoteSocketAddress( )}, java.nio.channels.DatagramChannel.receive( )