Package java.net

Added Classes
Inet4Address	This class represents an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address.
Inet6Address	This class represents an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address.
InetSocketAddress	This class implements an IP Socket Address (IP address + port number) It can also be a pair (hostname + port number) in which case an attempt will be made to resolve the hostname.
NetworkInterface	This class represents a Network Interface made up of a name and a list of IP addresses assigned to this interface.
PortUnreachableException	Signals that an ICMP Port Unreachable message has been received on a connected datagram.
SocketAddress	This class represents a Socket Address with no protocol attachment.
SocketTimeoutException	Signals that a timeout has occurred on a socket read or accept.
URI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference.
URISyntaxException	Checked exception thrown to indicate that a string could not be parsed as a URI reference.

 

Changed Classes and Interfaces
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.
ContentHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for content handlers.
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.
FileNameMap	A simple interface which provides a mechanism to map between a file name and a MIME type string.
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.
MalformedURLException	Thrown to indicate that a malformed URL has occurred.
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.
ProtocolException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol such as a TCP error.
ServerSocket	This class implements server sockets.
Socket	This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets").
SocketException	Thrown to indicate that there is an error in the underlying protocol such as a TCP error.
SocketImpl	The abstract class SocketImpl is a common superclass of all classes that actually implement sockets.
SocketImplFactory	This interface defines a factory for socket implementations.
SocketOptions	Interface of methods to get/set socket options.
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	Utility class for HTML form decoding.
URLEncoder	Utility class for HTML form encoding.
URLStreamHandler	The abstract class URLStreamHandler is the common superclass for all stream protocol handlers.
URLStreamHandlerFactory	This interface defines a factory for URL stream protocol handlers.
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.