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oracle.irm.engine.core.device
Interface NetworkAdapter

public interface NetworkAdapter

Network adapter. Represents information about a network card/adapter.

Creation

Instances of Network Adapter objects can be created using the following factory style method(s).

NetworkAdapter object = createNetworkAdapter(
    macAddress,
    ipAddresses);

Collections

Collections for NetworkAdapter objects can be created using the following factory method. This method creates the most appropriate collection implementation class for storing NetworkAdapter elements.

 Collection<NetworkAdapter> object = createNetworkAdapters();

XML Serialization

Network Adapter instances can be serialized as an XML document. This XML document can also be used to recreate a Network Adapter object. The following XML document shows an example Network Adapter in XML form.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<core:NetworkAdapter xmlns:core="http://xmlns.oracle.com/irm/core">
<macAddress>01-23-45-67-89-ab</macAddress>
<ipAddresses>192.168.0.1</ipAddresses>
<ipAddresses>192.168.0.2</ipAddresses>
</core:NetworkAdapter>

Method Summary

String[]	getIpAddresses() IP Address(es).
String	getMacAddress() MAC address.

Method Detail

getMacAddress

String getMacAddress()

MAC address. The media access control address in human readable form. e.g. 01-23-45-67-89-ab

Size

This property is limited to 24 characters in length.

Returns:

the value of the property. This method will never return null.

getIpAddresses

String[] getIpAddresses()

IP Address(es). The set of IP addresses in human readable form. e.g. 192.168.0.1 or 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:1428:57ab in IPv6.

State

The array returned by this method can be safely altered without affecting the internal state of the object.

Returns:

the value of the property. This method will never return null.

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