InternetAddress class

An internet address or a Unix domain address.

This object holds an internet address. If this internet address is the result of a DNS lookup, the address also holds the hostname used to make the lookup. An Internet address combined with a port number represents an endpoint to which a socket can connect or a listening socket can bind.

Constructors

InternetAddress(String address, {@Since("2.8") InternetAddressType? type})
Creates a new InternetAddress from a numeric address or a file path.
factory
InternetAddress.fromRawAddress(Uint8List rawAddress, {@Since("2.8") InternetAddressType? type})
Creates a new InternetAddress from the provided raw address bytes.
factory

Properties

address String
The numeric address of the host.
read-only
hashCode int
The hash code for this object.
read-onlyinherited
host String
The host used to lookup the address.
read-only
isLinkLocal bool
Whether the scope of the InternetAddress is a link-local.
read-only
isLoopback bool
Whether the InternetAddress is a loopback address.
read-only
isMulticast bool
Whether the scope of the InternetAddress is multicast.
read-only
rawAddress Uint8List
The raw address of this InternetAddress.
read-only
runtimeType Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
read-onlyinherited
type InternetAddressType
The address family of the InternetAddress.
read-only

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
reverse() Future<InternetAddress>
Performs a reverse DNS lookup on this address
toString() String
A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) bool
The equality operator.
inherited

Static Properties

anyIPv4 InternetAddress
IP version 4 any address.
read-only
anyIPv6 InternetAddress
IP version 6 any address.
read-only
loopbackIPv4 InternetAddress
IP version 4 loopback address.
read-only
loopbackIPv6 InternetAddress
IP version 6 loopback address.
read-only

Static Methods

lookup(String host, {InternetAddressType type = InternetAddressType.any}) Future<List<InternetAddress>>
Looks up the addresses of a host.
tryParse(String address) InternetAddress?
Attempts to parse address as a numeric address.