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EndPoint Class

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Identifies a network address. This is an abstract class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Net.EndPoint
    System.Net.DnsEndPoint
    System.Net.IPEndPoint

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System.Net (in System.Net.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class EndPoint

public abstract class EndPoint

The EndPoint type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone EndPoint Initializes a new instance of the EndPoint class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone AddressFamily Gets the address family to which the endpoint belongs.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Create Creates an EndPoint instance from a SocketAddress instance.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone Serialize Serializes endpoint information into a SocketAddress instance.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows Phone ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

The EndPoint class provides an abstract base class that represents a network resource or service. Descendant classes combine network connection information to form a connection point to a service.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.