Dns Class

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Provides simple domain name resolution functionality.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  System.Net..::..Dns

Namespace:  System.Net
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Dns

public static class Dns

public ref class Dns abstract sealed

[<AbstractClass>]
[<Sealed>]
type Dns =  class end

public final class Dns

The Dns type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	GetHostEntry	Resolves a host name or IP address to an IPHostEntry instance.

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Remarks

The Dns class is a static class that retrieves information about a specific host from the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).

The host information from the DNS query is returned in an instance of the IPHostEntry class. If the specified host has more than one entry in the DNS database, IPHostEntry contains multiple IP addresses and aliases.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.Net Namespace