Name: rlT66838 Date: 07/21/97


We are writing RSVP to handle both IPv4 and IPv6
addresses in a generic way. We would like to see
a new InetAddress-type class that is a super class
for IPv4 and IPv6 address subclasses. The super class
should have methods to compare and determine the
address type (IPv4 or IPv6).

The socket classes should be extended to support
this new abstract address class.

We are currently making these modifications but
we would also like to know whether there are
similar plans by the Java team.




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