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+%%
+%% %CopyrightBegin%
+%%
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+%%
+%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+%% under the License.
+%%
+%% %CopyrightEnd%
+%%
+%% This record is returned by inet:gethostbyaddr/2 and inet:gethostbyname/2.
+
+
+-type hostname() :: atom() | string().
+-type ip4_address() :: {0..255,0..255,0..255,0..255}.
+-type ip6_address() :: {0..65535,0..65535,0..65535,0..65535,
+ 0..65535,0..65535,0..65535,0..65535}.
+-type ip_address() :: ip4_address() | ip6_address().
+-type ip_port() :: 0..65535.
+
+-record(hostent,
+ {
+ h_name :: hostname(), %% offical name of host
+ h_aliases = [] :: [hostname()], %% alias list
+ h_addrtype :: 'inet' | 'inet6', %% host address type
+ h_length :: non_neg_integer(), %% length of address
+ h_addr_list = [] :: [ip_address()] %% list of addresses from name server
+ }).