This abstract class represents a network address. It is extended by IPEndPoint, which represents an IP network address. It could later be extended to represent other kinds of networking endpoints for other protocol stacks beyond TCP/IP.

public abstract class EndPoint {
// Protected Constructors
   protected EndPoint( );
// Public Instance Properties
   public virtual AddressFamily AddressFamily{get; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public virtual EndPoint Create(SocketAddress socketAddress);
   public virtual SocketAddress Serialize( );
}

Subclasses

IPEndPoint

Returned By

IPEndPoint.Create( ), System.Net.Sockets.Socket.{LocalEndPoint, RemoteEndPoint}, System.Net.Sockets.TcpListener.LocalEndpoint

Passed To

System.Net.Sockets.Socket.{BeginConnect( ), BeginReceiveFrom( ), BeginSendTo( ), Bind( ), Connect( ), EndReceiveFrom( ), ReceiveFrom( ), SendTo( )}