Package java.net

Interface Summary

ContentHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for content handlers.
DatagramSocketImplFactory	This interface defines a factory for datagram socket implementations.
FileNameMap	A simple interface which provides a mechanism to map between a file name and a MIME type string.
SocketImplFactory	This interface defines a factory for socket implementations.
SocketOptions	Interface of methods to get/set socket options.
URLStreamHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.

Class Summary

Authenticator	The class Authenticator represents an object that knows how to obtain authentication for a network connection.
ContentHandler	The abstract class ContentHandler is the superclass of all classes that read an Object from a URLConnection.
DatagramPacket	This class represents a datagram packet.
DatagramSocket	This class represents a socket for sending and receiving datagram packets.
DatagramSocketImpl	Abstract datagram and multicast socket implementation base class.
HttpURLConnection	A URLConnection with support for HTTP-specific features.
InetAddress	This class represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address.
JarURLConnection	A URL Connection to a Java ARchive (JAR) file or an entry in a JAR file.
MulticastSocket	The multicast datagram socket class is useful for sending and receiving IP multicast packets.
NetPermission	This class is for various network permissions.
PasswordAuthentication	The class PasswordAuthentication is a data holder that is used by Authenticator.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
SocketImpl	The abstract class SocketImpl is a common superclass of all classes that actually implement sockets.
SocketPermission	This class represents access to a network via sockets.
URL	Class URL represents a Uniform Resource Locator, a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web.
URLClassLoader	This class loader is used to load classes and resources from a search path of URLs referring to both JAR files and directories.
URLConnection	The abstract class URLConnection is the superclass of all classes that represent a communications link between the application and a URL.
URLDecoder	The class contains a utility method for converting from a MIME format called "x-www-form-urlencoded" to a String
URLEncoder	The class contains a utility method for converting a String into a MIME format called "x-www-form-urlencoded" format.
URLStreamHandler	The abstract class URLStreamHandler is the common superclass for all stream protocol handlers.

Exception Summary

ConnectException	Signals that an error occurred while attempting to connect a socket to a remote address and port.
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
ProtocolException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
SocketException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
UnknownHostException	Thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.
UnknownServiceException	Thrown to indicate that an unknown service exception has occurred.