All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public final class Inet6Address
extends InetAddress
```
An IPv6 address. See InetAddress.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static InetAddress ANY

static InetAddress LOOPBACK
- Fields inherited from class java.net.InetAddress
  UNSPECIFIED

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Inet6Address`	`getByAddress(String host, byte[] addr, int scope_id)`	Constructs an IPv6 address according to the given `host`, `addr` and `scope_id`.
`static Inet6Address`	`getByAddress(String host, byte[] addr, NetworkInterface nif)`	Gets an IPv6 address instance according to the given `host`, `addr` and `nif`.
`NetworkInterface`	`getScopedInterface()`	Returns the network interface if this address is instanced with a scoped network interface, null otherwise.
`int`	`getScopeId()`	Returns the scope id if this address is scoped to an interface, 0 otherwise.
`boolean`	`isAnyLocalAddress()`	Returns whether this is the IPv6 unspecified wildcard address `::` or the IPv4 "any" address, `0.0.0.0`.
`boolean`	`isIPv4CompatibleAddress()`	Returns whether this IPv6 address is an IPv4-compatible address or not.
`boolean`	`isLinkLocalAddress()`	Returns whether this address is a link-local address or not.
`boolean`	`isLoopbackAddress()`	Returns whether this address is a loopback address or not.
`boolean`	`isMCGlobal()`	Returns whether this address is a global multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isMCLinkLocal()`	Returns whether this address is a link-local multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isMCNodeLocal()`	Returns whether this address is a node-local multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isMCOrgLocal()`	Returns whether this address is a organization-local multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isMCSiteLocal()`	Returns whether this address is a site-local multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isMulticastAddress()`	Returns whether this address is a multicast address or not.
`boolean`	`isSiteLocalAddress()`	Returns whether this address is a site-local address or not.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string containing the host name (if available) and host address.

Methods inherited from class java.net.InetAddress
clearDnsCache, equals, getAddress, getAllByName, getAllByNameOnNet, getByAddress, getByAddress, getByName, getByNameOnNet, getCanonicalHostName, getHostAddress, getHostName, getHostString, getLocalHost, getLoopbackAddress, hashCode, isNumeric, isReachable, isReachable, parseNumericAddress

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - ANY
```
public static final InetAddress ANY
```
  - LOOPBACK
```
public static final InetAddress LOOPBACK
```
- Method Detail
  - getByAddress
```
public static Inet6Address getByAddress(String host,
                                        byte[] addr,
                                        int scope_id)
                                 throws UnknownHostException
```
    Constructs an IPv6 address according to the given host, addr and scope_id.
    
    Parameters:
    
    host - the host name associated with the address.
    
    addr - the network address.
    
    scope_id - the scope id for link- or site-local addresses.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Inet6Address instance representing the IP address.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnknownHostException - if the address is null or has an invalid length.
  - getByAddress
```
public static Inet6Address getByAddress(String host,
                                        byte[] addr,
                                        NetworkInterface nif)
                                 throws UnknownHostException
```
    Gets an IPv6 address instance according to the given host, addr and nif. scope_id is set according to the given nif and the addr type (for example site-local or link-local).
    
    Parameters:
    
    host - the hostname associated with the address.
    
    addr - the network address.
    
    nif - the network interface that this address is associated with.
    
    Returns:
    
    the Inet6Address instance representing the IP address.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnknownHostException - if the address is null or has an invalid length or the interface doesn't have a numeric scope id for the given address type.
  - isAnyLocalAddress
```
public boolean isAnyLocalAddress()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this is the IPv6 unspecified wildcard address :: or the IPv4 "any" address, 0.0.0.0.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isAnyLocalAddress in class InetAddress
  - isIPv4CompatibleAddress
```
public boolean isIPv4CompatibleAddress()
```
    Returns whether this IPv6 address is an IPv4-compatible address or not. An IPv4-compatible address has the prefix ::/96 and is a deprecated and no-longer used equivalent of the modern IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses.
  - isLinkLocalAddress
```
public boolean isLinkLocalAddress()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a link-local address or not.
    Valid IPv6 link-local addresses have the prefix fe80::/10.
    RFC 3484 "Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)" states that both IPv4 auto-configuration addresses (prefix 169.254/16) and IPv4 loopback addresses (prefix 127/8) have link-local scope, but Inet4Address only considers the auto-configuration addresses to have link-local scope. That is: the IPv4 loopback address returns false.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isLinkLocalAddress in class InetAddress
  - isLoopbackAddress
```
public boolean isLoopbackAddress()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a loopback address or not.
    Valid IPv4 loopback addresses have the prefix 127/8.
    The only valid IPv6 loopback address is ::1.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isLoopbackAddress in class InetAddress
  - isMCGlobal
```
public boolean isMCGlobal()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a global multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 global multicast addresses have the prefix ffxe::/16, where x is a set of flags and the additional 112 bits make up the global multicast address space.
    Valid IPv4 global multicast addresses are the range of addresses from 224.0.1.0 to 238.255.255.255.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMCGlobal in class InetAddress
  - isMCLinkLocal
```
public boolean isMCLinkLocal()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a link-local multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 link-local multicast addresses have the prefix ffx2::/16, where x is a set of flags and the additional 112 bits make up the link-local multicast address space.
    Valid IPv4 link-local multicast addresses have the prefix 224.0.0/24.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMCLinkLocal in class InetAddress
  - isMCNodeLocal
```
public boolean isMCNodeLocal()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a node-local multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 node-local multicast addresses have the prefix ffx1::/16, where x is a set of flags and the additional 112 bits make up the link-local multicast address space.
    There are no valid IPv4 node-local multicast addresses.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMCNodeLocal in class InetAddress
  - isMCOrgLocal
```
public boolean isMCOrgLocal()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a organization-local multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 organization-local multicast addresses have the prefix ffx8::/16, where x is a set of flags and the additional 112 bits make up the link-local multicast address space.
    Valid IPv4 organization-local multicast addresses have the prefix 239.192/14.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMCOrgLocal in class InetAddress
  - isMCSiteLocal
```
public boolean isMCSiteLocal()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a site-local multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 site-local multicast addresses have the prefix ffx5::/16, where x is a set of flags and the additional 112 bits make up the link-local multicast address space.
    Valid IPv4 site-local multicast addresses have the prefix 239.255/16.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMCSiteLocal in class InetAddress
  - isMulticastAddress
```
public boolean isMulticastAddress()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a multicast address or not.
    Valid IPv6 multicast addresses have the prefix ff::/8.
    Valid IPv4 multicast addresses have the prefix 224/4.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isMulticastAddress in class InetAddress
  - isSiteLocalAddress
```
public boolean isSiteLocalAddress()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns whether this address is a site-local address or not.
    For the purposes of this method, valid IPv6 site-local addresses have the deprecated prefix fec0::/10 from RFC 1884, not the modern prefix fc00::/7 from RFC 4193.
    RFC 3484 "Default Address Selection for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)" states that IPv4 private addresses have the prefix 10/8, 172.16/12, or 192.168/16.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isSiteLocalAddress in class InetAddress
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this instance represents a site-local address, false otherwise.
  - getScopeId
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public int getScopeId()
```
    Returns the scope id if this address is scoped to an interface, 0 otherwise.
  - getScopedInterface
```
public NetworkInterface getScopedInterface()
```
    Returns the network interface if this address is instanced with a scoped network interface, null otherwise.
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Description copied from class: InetAddress
    
    Returns a string containing the host name (if available) and host address. For example: "www.google.com/74.125.224.115" or "/127.0.0.1".
    IPv6 addresses may additionally include an interface name or scope id. For example: "www.google.com/2001:4860:4001:803::1013%eth0" or "/2001:4860:4001:803::1013%2".
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class InetAddress
    
    Returns:
    
    a printable representation of this object.

Class Inet6Address

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.net.InetAddress

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.net.InetAddress

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

ANY

LOOPBACK

Method Detail

getByAddress

getByAddress

isAnyLocalAddress

isIPv4CompatibleAddress

isLinkLocalAddress

isLoopbackAddress

isMCGlobal

isMCLinkLocal

isMCNodeLocal

isMCOrgLocal

isMCSiteLocal

isMulticastAddress

isSiteLocalAddress

getScopeId

getScopedInterface

toString