MembershipKey

Class MembershipKey

public abstract class MembershipKey
extends Object

A token representing the membership of an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast group.

A membership key may represent a membership to receive all datagrams sent to the group, or it may be source-specific, meaning that it represents a membership that receives only datagrams from a specific source address. Whether or not a membership key is source-specific may be determined by invoking its sourceAddress method.

A membership key is valid upon creation and remains valid until the membership is dropped by invoking the 登录查看完整内容