Uses of Class
java.net.InetAddress

Packages that use InetAddress

Package	Description
java.net	Contains network classes.
javax.net

Uses of InetAddress in java.net

Subclasses of InetAddress in java.net

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	Inet4Address This class represents an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address.
class	Inet6Address This class represents an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.

Methods in java.net that return InetAddress

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InetAddress	InterfaceAddress.getAddress() Returns an InetAddress for this address.
InetAddress	InetSocketAddress.getAddress() Gets the InetAddress.
InetAddress	DatagramPacket.getAddress() Returns the IP address of the machine to which this datagram is being sent or from which the datagram was received.
static InetAddress[]	InetAddress.getAllByName(java.lang.String host) Given the name of a host, returns an array of its IP addresses, based on the configured name service on the system.
InetAddress	InterfaceAddress.getBroadcast() Returns an InetAddress for the broadcast address for this InterfaceAddress.
static InetAddress	InetAddress.getByAddress(byte[] addr) Returns an InetAddress object given the raw IP address .
static InetAddress	InetAddress.getByAddress(java.lang.String host, byte[] addr) Creates an InetAddress based on the provided host name and IP address.
static InetAddress	InetAddress.getByName(java.lang.String host) Determines the IP address of a host, given the host's name.
InetAddress	ServerSocket.getInetAddress() Returns the local address of this server socket.
InetAddress	DatagramSocket.getInetAddress() Returns the address to which this socket is connected.
InetAddress	Socket.getInetAddress() Returns the address to which the socket is connected.
InetAddress	MulticastSocket.getInterface() Retrieve the address of the network interface used for multicast packets.
InetAddress	DatagramSocket.getLocalAddress() Gets the local address to which the socket is bound.
InetAddress	Socket.getLocalAddress() Gets the local address to which the socket is bound.
static InetAddress	InetAddress.getLocalHost() Returns the address of the local host.
static InetAddress	InetAddress.getLoopbackAddress() Returns the loopback address.

Methods in java.net that return types with arguments of type InetAddress

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Enumeration<InetAddress>	NetworkInterface.getInetAddresses() Convenience method to return an Enumeration with all or a subset of the InetAddresses bound to this network interface.

Methods in java.net with parameters of type InetAddress

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	DatagramSocket.connect(InetAddress address, int port) Connects the socket to a remote address for this socket.
static NetworkInterface	NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress(InetAddress addr) Convenience method to search for a network interface that has the specified Internet Protocol (IP) address bound to it.
void	MulticastSocket.joinGroup(InetAddress mcastaddr) Joins a multicast group.
void	MulticastSocket.leaveGroup(InetAddress mcastaddr) Leave a multicast group.
void	DatagramPacket.setAddress(InetAddress iaddr) Sets the IP address of the machine to which this datagram is being sent.
void	MulticastSocket.setInterface(InetAddress inf) Set the multicast network interface used by methods whose behavior would be affected by the value of the network interface.

Constructors in java.net with parameters of type InetAddress

Constructor and Description
DatagramPacket(byte[] buf, int length, InetAddress address, int port) Constructs a datagram packet for sending packets of length length to the specified port number on the specified host.
DatagramPacket(byte[] buf, int offset, int length, InetAddress address, int port) Constructs a datagram packet for sending packets of length length with offset ioffsetto the specified port number on the specified host.
DatagramSocket(int port, InetAddress laddr) Creates a datagram socket, bound to the specified local address.
InetSocketAddress(InetAddress addr, int port) Creates a socket address from an IP address and a port number.
ServerSocket(int port, int backlog, InetAddress bindAddr) Create a server with the specified port, listen backlog, and local IP address to bind to.
Socket(InetAddress address, int port) Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified IP address.
Socket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort) Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port.
Socket(java.lang.String host, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort) Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port.

Uses of InetAddress in javax.net

Methods in javax.net with parameters of type InetAddress

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract ServerSocket	ServerSocketFactory.createServerSocket(int port, int backlog, InetAddress ifAddress) Returns a server socket bound to the specified port, with a specified listen backlog and local IP.
abstract Socket	SocketFactory.createSocket(InetAddress host, int port) Creates a socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified address.
abstract Socket	SocketFactory.createSocket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort) Creates a socket and connect it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port.
abstract Socket	SocketFactory.createSocket(java.lang.String host, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort) Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port.