Java API Tutorial - Java DatagramSocket.getBroadcast()

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Syntax

DatagramSocket.getBroadcast() has the following syntax.

public boolean getBroadcast()   throws SocketException

Example

In the following code shows how to use DatagramSocket.getBroadcast() method.

/*  www .j a va2 s  .  c  om*/
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;

public class Main {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    try {

      InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getByName("www.java2s.com");

      DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket();

      byte buffer[] = "hello".getBytes();
      DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length, ia, 80);

      
      // Send the datagram packet
      ds.send(dp);
      
      
      System.out.println(ds.getBroadcast());
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
} 

The code above generates the following result.

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