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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java b/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java
index 6a841d0..65c84d8 100644
--- a/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java
+++ b/libjava/java/net/InetAddress.java
@@ -38,18 +38,11 @@ exception statement from your version. */
package java.net;
+import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
-
-/*
- * 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.
- */
+import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This class models an Internet address. It does not have a public
@@ -137,7 +130,11 @@ public class InetAddress implements Serializable
}
/**
- * Utility routine to check if the InetAddress is an IP multicast address
+ * Returns true if this address is a multicast address, false otherwise.
+ * An address is multicast if the high four bits are "1110". These are
+ * also known as "Class D" addresses.
+ *
+ * @return true if mulitcast, false if not
*
* @since 1.1
*/