ProtocolFamily is a java Interface. The java.net.ProtocolFamily represents a family of communication protocols. Java.net.StandardProtocolFamily implements ProtocolFamily Interface.
public interface ProtocolFamily
Methods of java.net.ProtocolFamily
java.net.ProtocolFamily interface contains only one method:
S.No.
Method
Description
Return Type
1.
name()
name() method returns the name of the protocol family
String
Use of ProtocolFamily Interface
S.No.
Package
Modifier and Type
Name
Description
1.
java.net
class
StandardProtocolFamily
StandardProtocolFamily class defines the standard families of communication protocols.
2.
java.nio.channels
static DatagramChannel
DatagramChannel.open(ProtocolFamily family)
DatagramChannel.open() static method opens a datagram channel.
