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IPEndPoint Class

Definition

Represents a network endpoint as an IP address and a port number.

C#
public class IPEndPoint : System.Net.EndPoint
C#
[System.Serializable]
public class IPEndPoint : System.Net.EndPoint
Inheritance
IPEndPoint
Attributes

Examples

C#

// This example uses the IPEndPoint class and its members to display the home page
// of the server selected by the user.

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace Mssc.Services.ConnectionManagement
{
  public class TestIPEndPoint
  {

    // The getPage method gets the server's home page content by
    // recreating the server's endpoint from the original serialized endpoint.
    // Then it creates a new socket and connects it to the endpoint.
    private static string getPage(string server, SocketAddress socketAddress)
    {
      //Set up variables and string to write to the server.
      Encoding ASCII = Encoding.ASCII;
      string Get = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: " + server +
        "\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n";
      Byte[] ByteGet = ASCII.GetBytes(Get);
      Byte[] RecvBytes = new Byte[256];
      String strRetPage = null;

      Socket socket = null;

      // Recreate the connection endpoint from the serialized information.
      IPEndPoint endpoint = new IPEndPoint(0,0);
      IPEndPoint clonedIPEndPoint = (IPEndPoint) endpoint.Create(socketAddress);
      Console.WriteLine("clonedIPEndPoint: " + clonedIPEndPoint.ToString());

      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
      Console.ReadLine();

      try
      {
        // Create a socket object to establish a connection with the server.
        socket =
          new Socket(endpoint.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);

        // Connect to the cloned end point.
        socket.Connect(clonedIPEndPoint);
      }
      catch(SocketException e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
        Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
        Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
      }

      if (socket == null)
        return ("Connection to cloned endpoint failed");

      // Send request to the server.
      socket.Send(ByteGet, ByteGet.Length, 0);

      // Receive the server  home page content.
      Int32 bytes = socket.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0);

      // Read the first 256 bytes.
      strRetPage = "Default HTML page on " + server + ":\r\n";
      strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes);

      while (bytes > 0)
      {
        bytes = socket.Receive(RecvBytes, RecvBytes.Length, 0);
        strRetPage = strRetPage + ASCII.GetString(RecvBytes, 0, bytes);
      }

      socket.Close();

      return strRetPage;
    }

    // The serializeEndpoint method serializes the endpoint and returns the
    // SocketAddress containing the serialized endpoint data.
    private static SocketAddress serializeEndpoint(IPEndPoint endpoint)
    {

      // Serialize IPEndPoint details to a SocketAddress instance.
      SocketAddress socketAddress = endpoint.Serialize();

      // Display the serialized endpoint information.
      Console.WriteLine("Endpoint.Serialize() : " + socketAddress.ToString());

      Console.WriteLine("Socket.Family : " + socketAddress.Family);
      Console.WriteLine("Socket.Size : " + socketAddress.Size);

      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
      Console.ReadLine();

      return socketAddress;
    }

    private static void displayEndpointInfo(IPEndPoint endpoint)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Endpoint.Address : " + endpoint.Address);
      Console.WriteLine("Endpoint.AddressFamily : " + endpoint.AddressFamily);
      Console.WriteLine("Endpoint.Port : " + endpoint.Port);
      Console.WriteLine("Endpoint.ToString() : " + endpoint.ToString());

      Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
      Console.ReadLine();
    }

    // The serializeEndpoint method determines the server endpoint and then
    // serializes it to obtain the related SocketAddress object.
    // Note that in the for loop a temporary socket is created to ensure that
    // the current IP address format matches the AddressFamily type.
    // In fact, in the case of servers supporting both IPv4 and IPv6, an exception
    // may arise if an IP address format does not match the address family type.
    private static SocketAddress getSocketAddress(string server, int port)
    {
      Socket tempSocket = null;
      IPHostEntry host = null;
      SocketAddress serializedSocketAddress = null;

      try
      {
        // Get the object containing Internet host information.
        host = Dns.Resolve(server);

        // Obtain the IP address from the list of IP addresses associated with the server.
        foreach(IPAddress address in host.AddressList)
        {
          IPEndPoint endpoint = new IPEndPoint(address, port);

          tempSocket =
            new Socket(endpoint.AddressFamily, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);

          tempSocket.Connect(endpoint);

          if(tempSocket.Connected)
          {
            // Display the endpoint information.
            displayEndpointInfo(endpoint);
            // Serialize the endpoint to obtain a SocketAddress object.
            serializedSocketAddress = serializeEndpoint(endpoint);
            break;
          }
          else
                    {
                        continue;
                    }
                }

        // Close the temporary socket.
        tempSocket.Close();
      }

      catch(SocketException e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
        Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Source : " + e.Source);
        Console.WriteLine("Message : " + e.Message);
      }
      return serializedSocketAddress;
    }

    // The requestServerHomePage method obtains the server's home page and returns
    // its content.
    private static string requestServerHomePage(string server, int port)
    {
      String strRetPage = null;

      // Get a socket address using the specified server and port.
      SocketAddress socketAddress = getSocketAddress(server, port);

      if (socketAddress == null)
        strRetPage = "Connection failed";
      else
        // Obtain the server's home page content.
        strRetPage = getPage(server, socketAddress);

      return strRetPage;
    }

    // Show to the user how to use this program when wrong input parameters are entered.
    private static void showUsage()
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Enter the server name as follows:");
      Console.WriteLine("\tcs_ipendpoint servername");
    }

    // This is the program entry point. It allows the user to enter
    // a server name that is used to locate its current homepage.
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      string host= null;
      int port = 80;

      // Define a regular expression to parse user's input.
      // This is a security check. It allows only
      // alphanumeric input string between 2 to 40 character long.
      Regex rex = new Regex(@"^[a-zA-Z]\w{1,39}$");

      if (args.Length < 1)
            {
                showUsage();
            }
            else
      {
        string message = args[0];
        if ((rex.Match(message)).Success)
        {
          host = args[0];
          // Get the specified server home_page and display its content.
          string result = requestServerHomePage(host, port);
          Console.WriteLine(result);
        }
        else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Input string format not allowed.");
                }
            }
    }
  }
}

Remarks

The IPEndPoint class contains the host and local or remote port information needed by an application to connect to a service on a host. By combining the host's IP address and port number of a service, the IPEndPoint class forms a connection point to a service.

Constructors

IPEndPoint(Int64, Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the IPEndPoint class with the specified address and port number.

IPEndPoint(IPAddress, Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the IPEndPoint class with the specified address and port number.

Fields

MaxPort

Specifies the maximum value that can be assigned to the Port property. The MaxPort value is set to 0x0000FFFF. This field is read-only.

MinPort

Specifies the minimum value that can be assigned to the Port property. This field is read-only.

Properties

Address

Gets or sets the IP address of the endpoint.

AddressFamily

Gets the Internet Protocol (IP) address family.

Port

Gets or sets the port number of the endpoint.

Methods

Create(SocketAddress)

Creates an endpoint from a socket address.

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.

GetHashCode()

Returns a hash value for a IPEndPoint instance.

GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
Parse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>)

Converts an IP network endpoint (address and port) represented as a read-only span to an IPEndPoint instance.

Parse(String)

Converts an IP network endpoint (address and port) represented as a string to an IPEndPoint instance.

Serialize()

Serializes endpoint information into a SocketAddress instance.

ToString()

Returns the IP address and port number of the specified endpoint.

TryParse(ReadOnlySpan<Char>, IPEndPoint)

Tries to convert an IP network endpoint (address and port) represented as a read-only span to its IPEndPoint equivalent, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

TryParse(String, IPEndPoint)

Tries to convert an IP network endpoint (address and port) represented as a string to its IPEndPoint equivalent, and returns a value that indicates whether the conversion succeeded.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0