<internet-address>

Open abstract primary instantiable class

Superclasses: <object>

The class of objects representing Internet addresses used as endpoints for peer-to-peer socket connections.

To construct an <internet-address> object you must supply either the name: or address: keyword. For example:

  make (<internet-address>, name: "www.whatever.com")

or

  make (<internet-address>,  address: "9.74.122.0")

make on <internet-address> returns an instance of <ipv4-address>.

Keywords:

name:

An instance of <string> representing a symbolic internet address.

address:

An instance of <string> representing a presentation (dotted) form Internet address or an instance of <numeric-address> (see below).

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System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000