This type defines an address of a particular socket; in particular, it defines the family of networking protocols to which the address belongs (for example, IP or IPv6), as well as the size of the address itself. This type can be safely ignored for most high-level (and, arguably, most low-level) networking operations.

public class SocketAddress {
// Public Constructors
   public SocketAddress(System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily family);
   public SocketAddress(System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily family, int size);
// Public Instance Properties
   public AddressFamily Family{get; }
   public int Size{get; }
   public byte this[int offset]{set; get; }
// Public Instance Methods
   public override bool Equals(object comparand);    
// overrides object
   public override int GetHashCode( );    
// overrides object
   public override string ToString( );    
// overrides object
}

Returned By

EndPoint.Serialize( )

Passed To

EndPoint.Create( )