All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<StandardProtocolFamily>, Constable, ProtocolFamily

Defines the standard families of communication protocols.

Since:
1.7
  • Enum Constant Details

    • INET

      Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)

    • INET6

      Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

    • UNIX

      Unix domain (Local) interprocess communication.

      Since:
      16
  • Method Details

    • values

      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

      Returns:
      an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared
    • valueOf

      Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

      Parameters:
      name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
      Returns:
      the enum constant with the specified name
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name
      NullPointerException - if the argument is null