Package com.sun.multicast.allocation

Provides multicast address allocation services.

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Description

Interface Summary

Address	A network address.
AddressType	A network address type (IPv4, IPv6, etc.).
Lease	A multicast address lease.
MulticastAddressAllocator	A multicast address allocator.

Class Summary

AddressRange	A range of network addresses.
AddressSet	A set of network addresses.
IPv4Address	An IPv4 network address.
IPv4AddressType	The IPv4 address type.
MulticastAddressManager	A multicast address manager.
Scope	A multicast scope.
ScopeList	A multicast scope list.
ScopeName	A scope name with an RFC 1766 language tag.
StaticAllocator	A MulticastAddressAllocator for statically allocated addresses.

Exception Summary

AddressAllocationException	Signals that an address allocation exception has occurred.
AddressAllocationInternalException	Signals that an internal error has occurred during address allocation.
NoAddressAvailableException	Signals that an address allocation request could not be completed because no address meeting the requirements was available.

Package com.sun.multicast.allocation Description

Provides multicast address allocation services.

The address allocation system is responsible for managing multicast address allocation.

One of the first steps in establishing a multicast session is choosing a multicast address. Because multicast addresses are shared across multiple networks, this is a tricky problem. Several techniques are in use today, but none are ideal. The address allocation system provides a standard API (MAMAPI) that may be used to allocate and deallocate addresses. Different address allocators may be plugged in to implement different allocation techniques.