Class InterfaceAddress
- java.lang.Object
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- java.net.InterfaceAddress
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public class InterfaceAddress extends Object
This class represents a Network Interface address. In short it's an IP address, a subnet mask and a broadcast address when the address is an IPv4 one. An IP address and a network prefix length in the case of IPv6 address.- Since:
- 1.6
- See Also:
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NetworkInterface
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description boolean
equals(Object obj)
Compares this object against the specified object.InetAddress
getAddress()
Returns anInetAddress
for this address.InetAddress
getBroadcast()
Returns anInetAddress
for the broadcast address for this InterfaceAddress.short
getNetworkPrefixLength()
Returns the network prefix length for this address.int
hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this Interface address.String
toString()
Converts this Interface address to aString
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Method Detail
getAddress
public InetAddress getAddress()
Returns anInetAddress
for this address.- Returns:
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the
InetAddress
for this address.
getBroadcast
public InetAddress getBroadcast()
Returns anInetAddress
for the broadcast address for this InterfaceAddress.Only IPv4 networks have broadcast address therefore, in the case of an IPv6 network,
null
will be returned.- Returns:
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the
InetAddress
representing the broadcast address ornull
if there is no broadcast address.
getNetworkPrefixLength
public short getNetworkPrefixLength()
Returns the network prefix length for this address. This is also known as the subnet mask in the context of IPv4 addresses. Typical IPv4 values would be 8 (255.0.0.0), 16 (255.255.0.0) or 24 (255.255.255.0).Typical IPv6 values would be 128 (::1/128) or 10 (fe80::203:baff:fe27:1243/10)
- Returns:
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a
short
representing the prefix length for the subnet of that address.
equals
public boolean equals(Object obj)
Compares this object against the specified object. The result istrue
if and only if the argument is notnull
and it represents the same interface address as this object.Two instances of
InterfaceAddress
represent the same address if the InetAddress, the prefix length and the broadcast are the same for both.- Overrides:
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equals
in classObject
- Parameters:
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obj
- the object to compare against. - Returns:
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true
if the objects are the same;false
otherwise. - See Also:
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hashCode()
hashCode
public int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this Interface address.- Overrides:
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hashCode
in classObject
- Returns:
- a hash code value for this Interface address.
- See Also:
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Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
,System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
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