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11/18/2011

SocketAddress Class

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Stores serialized information from EndPoint derived classes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Net.SocketAddress

Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")> _
Public Class SocketAddress

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")]
public class SocketAddress

The SocketAddress type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	SocketAddress(AddressFamily)	Creates a new instance of the SocketAddress class for the given address family.
	SocketAddress(AddressFamily, Int32)	Creates a new instance of the SocketAddress class using the specified address family and buffer size.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Family	Gets the AddressFamily enumerated value of the current SocketAddress.
	Item	Gets or sets the specified index element in the underlying buffer.
	Size	Gets the available buffer size that can be used for the SocketAddress.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current SocketAddress instance. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns a hash value for the SocketAddress. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents information about the socket address. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Remarks

The first 2 bytes of the underlying buffer are reserved for the AddressFamily enumerated value. When the SocketAddress is used to store a serialized IPEndPoint, the third and fourth bytes are used to store port number information. The remaining bytes are used to store the IP address. You can access any information within this underlying byte buffer by referring to its index position; the byte buffer uses zero-based indexing. You can also use the Family and Size properties to get the AddressFamily value and the buffer size, respectively. To view any of this information as a string, use the ToString method.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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