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### class:InterfaceAddress [NONE]
public class InterfaceAddress extends Object This class represents a Network Interface address. In short it's an IP address, a subnet mask and a broadcast address when the address is an IPv4 one. An IP address and a network prefix length in the case of IPv6 address. Since: 1.6 See Also: `NetworkInterface`

### method:getAddress() [NONE]
### getAddress public InetAddress getAddress() Returns an `InetAddress` for this address. Returns: the `InetAddress` for this address.

### method:getBroadcast() [NONE]
### getBroadcast public InetAddress getBroadcast() Returns an `InetAddress` for the broadcast address for this InterfaceAddress. Only IPv4 networks have broadcast address therefore, in the case of an IPv6 network, `null` will be returned. Returns: the `InetAddress` representing the broadcast address or `null` if there is no broadcast address.

### method:getNetworkPrefixLength() [NONE]
### getNetworkPrefixLength public short getNetworkPrefixLength() Returns the network prefix length for this address. This is also known as the subnet mask in the context of IPv4 addresses. Typical IPv4 values would be 8 (255.0.0.0), 16 (255.255.0.0) or 24 (255.255.255.0). Typical IPv6 values would be 128 (::1/128) or 10 (fe80::203:baff:fe27:1243/10) Returns: a `short` representing the prefix length for the subnet of that address.

### method:equals(java.lang.Object) [NONE]
### equals public boolean equals (Object obj) Compares this object against the specified object. The result is `true` if and only if the argument is not `null` and it represents the same interface address as this object. Two instances of `InterfaceAddress` represent the same address if the InetAddress, the prefix length and the broadcast are the same for both. Overrides: `equals` in class `Object` Parameters: `obj` - the object to compare against. Returns: `true` if the objects are the same; `false` otherwise. See Also: `hashCode()`

### method:hashCode() [NONE]
### hashCode public int hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this Interface address. Overrides: `hashCode` in class `Object` Returns: a hash code value for this Interface address. See Also: `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)` `System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)`

### method:toString() [NONE]
### toString public String toString() Converts this Interface address to a `String`. The string returned is of the form: InetAddress / prefix length [ broadcast address ]. Overrides: `toString` in class `Object` Returns: a string representation of this Interface address.