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IPv6MulticastOption Class

Contains option values for joining an IPv6 multicast group.

System.Object
  System.Net.Sockets.IPv6MulticastOption

Namespace:  System.Net.Sockets
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
public class IPv6MulticastOption

The IPv6MulticastOption type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method IPv6MulticastOption(IPAddress) Initializes a new version of the IPv6MulticastOption class for the specified IP multicast group.
Public method IPv6MulticastOption(IPAddress, Int64) Initializes a new instance of the IPv6MulticastOption class with the specified IP multicast group and the local interface address.
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  Name Description
Public property Group Gets or sets the IP address of a multicast group.
Public property InterfaceIndex Gets or sets the interface index that is associated with a multicast group.
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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The following example creates an IPv6MulticastOption object.


        // Exercise the use of the IPv6MulticastOption.
        Console.WriteLine("Instantiate IPv6MulticastOption(IPAddress)");

        // Instantiate IPv6MulticastOption using one of the 
        // overloaded constructors.
        IPv6MulticastOption ipv6MulticastOption = new IPv6MulticastOption(m_GrpAddr);

        // Store the IPAdress multicast options.
        IPAddress group =  ipv6MulticastOption.Group;
        long interfaceIndex = ipv6MulticastOption.InterfaceIndex;

        // Display IPv6MulticastOption properties.
        Console.WriteLine("IPv6MulticastOption.Group: [" + group  + "]");
        Console.WriteLine("IPv6MulticastOption.InterfaceIndex: [" + interfaceIndex + "]");



.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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