Java MulticastSocket setInterface() Method

setInterface(InetAddress inf) is the method of MulticastSocket class. This method is used to set address of the network interface that is used for multicast packets.

Syntax

Parameter

inf - It is the InetAddress

Throw

SocketException - This exception occurs when there is error in the underlying protocol.

Example 1

import java.io.IOException; 
import java.net.InetAddress; 
import java.net.MulticastSocket; 
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.util.Enumeration;
public class JavaMulticastSocketsetInterfaceExample1  
{ 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException  
    {  
        MulticastSocket ms1 = new MulticastSocket(); 
        NetworkInterface nif1 = NetworkInterface.getByIndex(1); 
        Enumeration<InetAddress> enu = nif1.getInetAddresses(); 
        InetAddress intadd = enu.nextElement(); 
        ms1.setInterface(intadd); //setting the address of the network interface
        System.out.println("Interface : " + ms1.getInterface()); 
    } 
  
}

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