InterfaceAddress.java

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package java.net;

/**
 * Identifies one of a network interface's addresses.
 * These are passed back from the JNI behind NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces.
 * Multiple addresses for the same interface are collected together on the Java side.
 */
class InterfaceAddress {
    // An IPv4 or IPv6 address.
    final InetAddress address;

    // The kernel's interface index for the network interface this address
    // is currently assigned to. Values start at 1, because 0 means "unknown"
    // or "any", depending on context.
    final int index;

    // The network interface's name. "lo" or "eth0", for example.
    final String name;

    InterfaceAddress(int index, String name, InetAddress address) {
        this.index = index;
        this.name = name;
        this.address = address;
    }
}