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package java.net;

import gnu.classpath.Configuration;

import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * This class models a network interface on the host computer.  A network
 * interface contains a name (typically associated with a specific
 * hardware adapter) and a list of addresses that are bound to it.
 * For example, an ethernet interface may be named "eth0" and have the
 * address 192.168.1.101 assigned to it.
 *
 * @author Michael Koch (konqueror@gmx.de)
 * @since 1.4
 */
final class VMNetworkInterface
{
  static
    {
      if (Configuration.INIT_LOAD_LIBRARY)
	System.loadLibrary("javanet");
    }

  /**
   * Returns a Vector of InetAddresses. The returned value will be
   * 'condensed', meaning that all elements with the same interface
   * name will be collapesed into one InetAddress for that name
   * containing all addresses before the returning the result to the
   * user. This means the native method can be implemented in a naive
   * way mapping each address/interface to a name even if that means
   * that the Vector contains multiple InetAddresses with the same
   * interface name.
   */
  public static native Vector getInterfaces()
    throws SocketException;
}