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package io.vertx.core.net;

import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.core.net.impl.SocketAddressImpl;

The address of a socket, an inet socket address or a domain socket address.
 Use inetSocketAddress(int, String) to create an inet socket address and domainSocketAddress(String) to create a domain socket address 
Author:
Tim Fox/**
 * The address of a socket, an inet socket address or a domain socket address.
 * <p/>
 * Use {@link #inetSocketAddress(int, String)} to create an inet socket address and {@link #domainSocketAddress(String)}
 * to create a domain socket address
 *
 * @author <a href="http://tfox.org">Tim Fox</a>
 */
@VertxGen
public interface SocketAddress {

  
Create a inet socket address, host must be non null and port must be between 0 and 65536. 
Params:
port – the address port
host – the address host
Returns:
the created socket address/**
   * Create a inet socket address, {@code host} must be non {@code null} and {@code port} must be between {@code 0}
   * and {@code 65536}.
   *
   * @param port the address port
   * @param host the address host
   * @return the created socket address
   */
  static SocketAddress inetSocketAddress(int port, String host) {
    return new SocketAddressImpl(port, host);
  }

  
Create a domain socket address.
Params:
path – the address path
Returns:
the created socket address/**
   * Create a domain socket address.
   *
   * @param path the address path
   * @return the created socket address
   */
  static SocketAddress domainSocketAddress(String path) {
    return new SocketAddressImpl(path);
  }

  
Returns:
the address host or null for a domain socket/**
   * @return the address host or {@code null} for a domain socket
   */
  String host();

  
Returns:
the address port or -1 for a domain socket/**
   * @return the address port or {@code -1} for a domain socket
   */
  int port();

  
Returns:
the address path or null for a inet socket/**
   * @return the address path or {@code null} for a inet socket
   */
  String path();

}