<Type Name="EndPoint" FullName="System.Net.EndPoint" FullNameSP="System_Net_EndPoint" Maintainer="ecma">
  <TypeSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".class public abstract serializable EndPoint extends System.Object" />
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public abstract class EndPoint" />
  <MemberOfLibrary>Networking</MemberOfLibrary>
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>System</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]</AssemblyPublicKey>
    <AssemblyVersion>1.0.x.x</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyCulture>none</AssemblyCulture>
    <Attributes>
      <Attribute>
        <AttributeName>CLSCompliantAttribute(true)</AttributeName>
        <Excluded>0</Excluded>
      </Attribute>
    </Attributes>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadingSafetyStatement>All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.</ThreadingSafetyStatement>
  <Docs>
    <summary>
      <para> This is the base class used to derive classes that
 represent network addresses.
 </para>
    </summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>
        <block subset="none" type="note">The <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> class provides an
 abstract representation of the address of a network resource or
 service. </block>
      </para>
    </remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="family specialname instance void .ctor()" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected EndPoint();" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>Constructs a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> class.</summary>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="Create">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".method public hidebysig virtual class System.Net.EndPoint Create(class System.Net.SocketAddress socketAddress)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public virtual EndPoint Create(SocketAddress socketAddress);" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Net.EndPoint</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters>
		<Parameter Name="socketAddress" Type="System.Net.SocketAddress" />
	</Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <summary>
          <para> Returns a new <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> instance containing the address
   information from the specified <see cref="T:System.Net.SocketAddress" />
   instance.
   </para>
        </summary>
        <param name="socketAddress">A <see cref="T:System.Net.SocketAddress" /> instance that provides the address information for the new <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> instance.</param>
        <returns>
          <para>A new <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> instance containing the address
   information from the specified <see cref="T:System.Net.SocketAddress" /> instance.</para>
        </returns>
        <exception cref="T:System.NotSupportedException">This method is required to be overridden in types derived from <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> .</exception>
        <remarks>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="behaviors"> As described above.</block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="default">The default implementation throws
   <see cref="T:System.NotSupportedException" />. </block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides">Override this
      method to return a <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> instance that contains the address information from
      the specified <see cref="T:System.Net.SocketAddress" />.</block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="usage">Use this method to
      obtain a <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" />
      instance that represents the same network resource or service as the specified
   <see cref="T:System.Net.SocketAddress" />. </block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName="AddressFamily">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".property valuetype System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily AddressFamily { public hidebysig virtual specialname valuetype System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily get_AddressFamily() }" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public virtual AddressFamily AddressFamily { get; }" />
      <MemberType>Property</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>
          <para> Gets the address family to which the endpoint belongs.
      </para>
        </summary>
        <value>
          <para>One of the values defined in <see cref="T:System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily" /> .</para>
        </value>
        <exception cref="T:System.NotSupportedException">This property is required to be overridden in types derived from <see cref="T:System.Net.EndPoint" /> .</exception>
        <remarks>
          <block subset="none" type="behaviors">
            <para>This property is read-only.</para>
            <para>The <see cref="T:System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily" /> value returned
      by this property specifies the addressing scheme used
      by the network protocol of the current instance. </para>
          </block>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="default">The default implementation throws <see cref="T:System.NotSupportedException" />. </block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="overrides">Override this
   property to return the <see cref="T:System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily" />
   of the current instance.</block>
          </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="usage">Use this property to
   obtain the <see cref="T:System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily" /> information of the current instance.
</block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
  <Member MemberName="Serialize">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public virtual System.Net.SocketAddress Serialize()" />
      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue>
        <ReturnType>System.Net.SocketAddress</ReturnType>
      </ReturnValue>
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>To be added.</summary>
        <returns>To be added.</returns>
        <remarks>To be added.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
  </Members>
  <TypeExcluded>0</TypeExcluded>
</Type>
