@NonNullByDefault

Package java.net

Contains network classes. (ESR024).

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ContentHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for content handlers.
SocketOptions	Interface of methods to get/set socket options.
URLStreamHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ContentHandler	The abstract class ContentHandler is the superclass of all classes that read an Object from a URLConnection.
DatagramPacket	This class represents a datagram packet.
DatagramSocket	This class represents a socket for sending and receiving datagram packets.
HttpURLConnection	A URLConnection with support for HTTP-specific features.
Inet4Address	This class represents an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address.
Inet6Address	This class represents an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
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.
InterfaceAddress	This class represents a Network Interface address.
MulticastSocket	The multicast datagram socket class is useful for sending and receiving IP multicast packets.
NetPermission	This class is for various network permissions.
NetworkInterface	This class represents a Network Interface made up of a name, and a list of IP addresses assigned to this interface.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
SocketAddress	This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment.
SocketPermission	This class represents access to a network via sockets.
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URL	Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
URLConnection	The abstract class URLConnection is the superclass of all classes that represent a communications link between the application and a URL.
URLDecoder	Utility class for HTML form decoding.
URLEncoder	Utility class for HTML form encoding.
URLStreamHandler	The abstract class URLStreamHandler is the common superclass for all stream protocol handlers.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
BindException	Signals that an error occurred while attempting to bind a socket to a local address and port.
ConnectException	Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.
HttpRetryException	Thrown to indicate that a HTTP request needs to be retried but cannot be retried automatically, due to streaming mode being enabled.
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
NoRouteToHostException	Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.
PortUnreachableException	Signals that an ICMP Port Unreachable message has been received on a connected datagram.
ProtocolException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
SocketException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error creating or accessing a Socket.
SocketTimeoutException	Signals that a timeout has occurred on a socket read or accept.
UnknownHostException	Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.
UnknownServiceException	Thrown to indicate that an unknown service exception has occurred.
URISyntaxException	Checked exception thrown to indicate that a string could not be parsed as a URI reference.