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authorMichael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>2003-05-02 09:27:59 +0000
committerMichael Koch <mkoch@gcc.gnu.org>2003-05-02 09:27:59 +0000
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InetAddress.java: Merged class documentation with classpath.
2003-05-02 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> * java/net/InetAddress.java: Merged class documentation with classpath. * java/net/JarURLConnection.java: Explicitely import all used classes. * java/net/URL.java: Reformatting. * java/net/ServerSocket.java, java/net/Socket.java: New versions from classpath. From-SVN: r66376
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@@ -44,20 +44,28 @@ import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
-/**
- * @author Per Bothner
- * @date January 6, 1999.
- */
-
/*
* Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
* as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
* (The latter turns out to have some errors ...)
* Status: Believed complete and correct.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This class models an Internet address. It does not have a public
+ * constructor. Instead, new instances of this objects are created
+ * using the static methods getLocalHost(), getByName(), and
+ * getAllByName().
+ * <p>
+ * This class fulfills the function of the C style functions gethostname(),
+ * gethostbyname(), and gethostbyaddr(). It resolves Internet DNS names
+ * into their corresponding numeric addresses and vice versa.
+ *
+ * @author Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com>
+ * @author Per Bothner
*
* @specnote This class is not final since JK 1.4
*/
-
public class InetAddress implements Serializable
{
// The Serialized Form specifies that an int 'address' is saved/restored.