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package java.net;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.security.AccessController;
/**
* This class represents a Network Interface made up of a name,
* and a list of IP addresses assigned to this interface.
* It is used to identify the local interface on which a multicast group
* is joined.
*
* Interfaces are normally known by names such as "le0".
*
* @since 1.4
*/
public final class NetworkInterface
{
/*
* This hidden constructor does not necessarily correspond to
* a constructor in the original source file -- it keeps javadoc
* from generating an inappropriate default constructor.
*/
private NetworkInterface() { }
/**
* Get the name of this network interface.
*
* @return the name of this network interface
*/
public String getName() {
return null;
}
/**
* Convenience method to return an Enumeration with all or a
* subset of the InetAddresses bound to this network interface.
*
* If there is a security manager, its checkConnect
* method is called for each InetAddress. Only InetAddresses where
* the checkConnect doesn't throw a SecurityException
* will be returned in the Enumeration.
* @return an Enumeration object with all or a subset of the InetAddresses
* bound to this network interface
*/
public Enumeration getInetAddresses() {
return null;
}
/**
* Get the display name of this network interface.
* A display name is a human readable String describing the network
* device.
*
* @return the display name of this network interface,
* or null if no display name is available.
*/
public String getDisplayName() {
return null;
}
/**
* Searches for the network interface with the specified name.
*
* @param name
* The name of the network interface.
*
* @return A NetworkInterface with the specified name,
* or null if there is no network interface
* with the specified name.
*
* @throws SocketException
* If an I/O error occurs.
*
* @throws NullPointerException
* If the specified name is null.
*/
public static NetworkInterface getByName(String name)
throws java.net.SocketException
{
return null;
}
/**
* Convenience method to search for a network interface that
* has the specified Internet Protocol (IP) address bound to
* it.
*
* If the specified IP address is bound to multiple network
* interfaces it is not defined which network interface is
* returned.
*
* @param addr
* The InetAddress to search with.
*
* @return A NetworkInterface
* or null if there is no network interface
* with the specified IP address.
*
* @throws SocketException
* If an I/O error occurs.
*
* @throws NullPointerException
* If the specified address is null.
*/
public static NetworkInterface getByInetAddress(InetAddress addr)
throws java.net.SocketException
{
return null;
}
/**
* Returns all the interfaces on this machine. Returns null if no
* network interfaces could be found on this machine.
*
* NOTE: can use getNetworkInterfaces()+getInetAddresses()
* to obtain all IP addresses for this node
*
* @return an Enumeration of NetworkInterfaces found on this machine
* @exception SocketException if an I/O error occurs.
*/
public static Enumeration getNetworkInterfaces()
throws java.net.SocketException
{
return null;
}
/**
* Compares this object against the specified object.
* The result is true if and only if the argument is
* not null and it represents the same NetworkInterface
* as this object.
*
* Two instances of NetworkInterface represent the same
* NetworkInterface if both name and addrs are the same for both.
*
* @param obj the object to compare against.
* @return true if the objects are the same;
* false otherwise.
* @see java.net.InetAddress#getAddress()
*/
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
return false;
}
public int hashCode() {
return 0;
}
public String toString() {
return null;
}
}