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This class is the abstract class for machine addresses over a network. It also fulfills the function of the C style functions gethostname(), gethostbyname(), and gethostbyaddr(), resolves machine names into their corresponding numeric addresses (via DNS, /etc/hosts, or other mechanisms) and vice versa.
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-abstract: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-accessing: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-C call-outs: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-C constants: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-creating sockets: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-host name lookup: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress class-initialization: | (class) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress-accessing: | (instance) | |
| • Sockets.SocketAddress-testing: | (instance) |