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authorMichael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>2003-05-26 12:58:02 +0000
committerMichael Koch <mkoch@gcc.gnu.org>2003-05-26 12:58:02 +0000
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NetPermission.java, [...]: New versions from classpath.
2003-05-26 Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> * java/net/NetPermission.java, java/net/NetworkInterface.java, java/net/PasswordAuthentication.java, java/net/SocketPermission.java: New versions from classpath. From-SVN: r67174
Diffstat (limited to 'libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java')
-rw-r--r--libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java b/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
index 4e8f427..c3eb710 100644
--- a/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
+++ b/libjava/java/net/NetworkInterface.java
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Vector;
/**
+ * This class models a network interface on the host computer. A network
+ * interface contains a name (typically associated with a specific
+ * hardware adapter) and a list of addresses that are bound to it.
+ * For example, an ethernet interface may be named "eth0" and have the
+ * address 192.168.1.101 assigned to it.
+ *
* @author Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de>
* @since 1.4
*/
@@ -61,7 +67,9 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
throws SocketException;
/**
- * Returns the name of the network interface
+ * Returns the name of the network interface
+ *
+ * @return The name of the interface.
*/
public String getName ()
{
@@ -73,8 +81,8 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
*
* If a @see SecurityManager is available all addresses are checked
* with @see SecurityManager::checkConnect() if they are available.
- * Only InetAddresses are returned where the security manager doesn't
- * thrown an exception.
+ * Only <code>InetAddresses</code> are returned where the security manager
+ * doesn't throw an exception.
*
* @return An enumeration of all addresses.
*/
@@ -106,6 +114,8 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
/**
* Returns the display name of the interface
+ *
+ * @return The display name of the interface
*/
public String getDisplayName ()
{
@@ -168,7 +178,7 @@ public final class NetworkInterface
}
/**
- * Return an Enumeration of all available network interfaces
+ * Return an <code>Enumeration</code> of all available network interfaces
*
* @exception SocketException If an error occurs
*/