# GCKNetworkAddress Class [Instance Methods](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#pub-methods) \| [Class Methods](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#pub-static-methods) \| [Properties](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#properties) GCKNetworkAddress Class Reference ## Overview An object that represents a network IP address. This object is immutable. Since : 4.2 Inherits NSObject, \, and \. |---|---| | ## Instance Method Summary || | (instancetype) | - [init](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab05e77557b0ae03be75577907bc97e5e) | | | Using the default initializer is not allowed. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab05e77557b0ae03be75577907bc97e5e) | | || | (instancetype) | - [initWithType:ipAddress:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab550e2f1dd2520ffe187625ad902af3a) | | | Constructs a [GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address "An object that represents a network IP address. ") with the given address type and IP address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab550e2f1dd2520ffe187625ad902af3a) | | || | (instancetype) | - [initWithType:addressData:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a14918027f26ed09e245989cd8768a609) | | | Constructs a [GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address "An object that represents a network IP address. ") with the given address type and raw address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a14918027f26ed09e245989cd8768a609) | | || |---|---| | ## Class Method Summary || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [wildcardAddressOfType:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a8edce7116e771b3fb8d9477dd083ba1f) | | | Constructs a wildcard address of the given type. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a8edce7116e771b3fb8d9477dd083ba1f) | | || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [loopbackAddressOfType:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a9ef859b586ac3c65563a28c84156e783) | | | Constructs a loopback address of the given type. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a9ef859b586ac3c65563a28c84156e783) | | || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [IPv4BroadcastAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a5667798f1aa999fdf27cc7025de4edaf) | | | Constructs an IPv4 broadcast address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a5667798f1aa999fdf27cc7025de4edaf) | | || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [addressWithIPv4Address:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a93e8b9e77565d0ba756a0ade8be5c997) | | | Constructs an IPv4 address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a93e8b9e77565d0ba756a0ade8be5c997) | | || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [addressWithIPv6Address:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a971661bca7869f8deffa6995246b4350) | | | Constructs an IPv6 address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a971661bca7869f8deffa6995246b4350) | | || | ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) | + [addressWithIPCPath:](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a9e091eabb9e33dc0171629d4570a44cd) | | | Constructs an IPC address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a9e091eabb9e33dc0171629d4570a44cd) | | || |---|---| | ## Property Summary || | GCKNetworkAddressType | [type](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a14ecf1ab928fa1a8f02a56c1ec31ab50) | | | The address type. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a14ecf1ab928fa1a8f02a56c1ec31ab50) | | || | NSString \* | [ipAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab5854b4b34ca8e73ea36b19e2c13eefe) | | | The IP address. [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#ab5854b4b34ca8e73ea36b19e2c13eefe) | | || | NSData \* | [addressData](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a7d9d0e24e3769ab579e70e588bae8ad8) | | | The network address as an NSData containing the appropriate address structure (e.g., struct in_addr or struct in6_addr). [More...](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address#a7d9d0e24e3769ab579e70e588bae8ad8) | | || ## Method Detail |---|---|---|---| | - (instancetype) init | | | | Using the default initializer is not allowed. |---|---|---|---| | - (instancetype) initWithType: | | (GCKNetworkAddressType) | *type* | | ipAddress: | | (nullable NSString \*) | *ipAddress* | | | | | | Constructs a [GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address "An object that represents a network IP address. ") with the given address type and IP address. Parameters : |---|---| | type | The address type. | | ipAddress | The IP address, in textual form. May be `nil` to indicate the wildcard ("any") address. | |---|---|---|---| | - (instancetype) initWithType: | | (GCKNetworkAddressType) | *type* | | addressData: | | (nullable NSData \*) | *addressData* | | | | | | Constructs a [GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address "An object that represents a network IP address. ") with the given address type and raw address. Parameters : |---|---| | type | The address type. | | addressData | An NSData object containing the appropriate address structure (e.g., struct in_addr or struct in6_addr). For the GCKNNetworkAddressTypeIPC, the data is expected to be a UTF8 encoding. | |---|---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) wildcardAddressOfType: | | (GCKNetworkAddressType) | *type* | | Constructs a wildcard address of the given type. |---|---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) loopbackAddressOfType: | | (GCKNetworkAddressType) | *type* | | Constructs a loopback address of the given type. |---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) IPv4BroadcastAddress | | | | Constructs an IPv4 broadcast address. |---|---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) addressWithIPv4Address: | | (NSString \*) | *ipAddress* | | Constructs an IPv4 address. |---|---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) addressWithIPv6Address: | | (NSString \*) | *ipAddress* | | Constructs an IPv6 address. |---|---|---|---|---| | + ([GCKNetworkAddress](https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/reference/ios/interface_g_c_k_network_address) \*) addressWithIPCPath: | | (NSString \*) | *path* | | Constructs an IPC address. ## Property Detail |---|---| | |---| | - (GCKNetworkAddressType) type | | readnonatomicassign | The address type. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSString\*) ipAddress | | readnonatomiccopy | The IP address. |---|---| | |---| | - (NSData\*) addressData | | readnonatomiccopy | The network address as an NSData containing the appropriate address structure (e.g., struct in_addr or struct in6_addr). For the address type IPC, this field is a UTF8 encoding.