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package java.net;
import java.io.IOException;
/*
 * Package private interface to "implementation" used by
 * {@link InetAddress}.
 * <p>
 * See {@link java.net.Inet4AddressImp} and
 * {@link java.net.Inet6AddressImp}.
 *
 * @since 1.4
 */
interface InetAddressImpl {
    /**
     * Lookup all addresses for {@code hostname} on the given {@code netId}.
     */
    InetAddress[] lookupAllHostAddr(String hostname, int netId) throws UnknownHostException;

    /**
     * Reverse-lookup the host name for a given {@code addr}.
     */
    String getHostByAddr(byte[] addr) throws UnknownHostException;

    /**
     * Clear address caches (if any).
     */
    public void clearAddressCache();

    /**
     * Return the "any" local address.
     */
    InetAddress anyLocalAddress();

    /**
     * Return a list of loop back adresses for this implementation.
     */
    InetAddress[] loopbackAddresses();

    /**
     * Whether {@code addr} is reachable over {@code netif}.
     */
    boolean isReachable(InetAddress addr, int timeout, NetworkInterface netif,
                        int ttl) throws IOException;
}