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Network / IPAddress

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Declaration
Topics
See Also

IPAddress

An abstract protocol you use to interact with IP addresses.

Declaration

protocol IPAddress : Sendable

Topics

Creating Addresses

init(_:)
init(_:_:)

Inspecting Address Properties

rawValue
interface
isLinkLocal
isLoopback
isMulticast

Relationships

Inherits From

Sendable
SendableMetatype

Conforming Types

IPv4Address
IPv6Address

See Also

Internet Addresses

IPv4Address
IPv6Address

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NetworkProtocol

iOS 12.0+iPadOS 12.0+Mac Catalyst 12.0+macOS 10.14+tvOS 12.0+visionOS 1.0+watchOS 5.0+

Declaration
Topics
See Also

Relationships

Inherits From

Sendable
SendableMetatype

Conforming Types

IPv4Address
IPv6Address

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