//
// System.Net.EndPoint.cs
//
// Author:
//   Dick Porter (dick@ximian.com)
//
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using System.Net.Sockets;

namespace System.Net {
	[Serializable]
	public abstract class EndPoint {

		// NB: These methods really do nothing but throw
		// NotImplementedException
		
		public virtual AddressFamily AddressFamily {
			get { throw NotImplemented (); }
		}
		
		public virtual EndPoint Create (SocketAddress address)
		{
			throw NotImplemented ();
		}

		public virtual SocketAddress Serialize ()
		{
			throw NotImplemented ();
		}

		protected EndPoint ()
		{
		}

		static Exception NotImplemented ()
		{
			// hide the "normal" NotImplementedException from corcompare-like tools
			return new NotImplementedException ();
		}
	}
}