add clarification about exceptions thrown in constructors of NetworkPacketTransporter implementors

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/NetworkPacketTransporter.kt b/src/main/kotlin/NetworkPacketTransporter.kt
index 86f651a..4b11967 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/NetworkPacketTransporter.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/NetworkPacketTransporter.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import java.io.Closeable
  * The address of the remote endpoint can be an IP address (v4 or v6) or a domain name, in which case it is resolved to
  * an IP address right before initializing the connection. Every constructor should throw an [UnresolvableHostException]
  * if the remote address is a domain name, but it cannot be resolved.
+ *
+ * Depending on the specific given implementation, the constructor of this class might throw other exceptions (e.g. the
+ * [Socket] constructor from [java.net] in [NetworkPacketTransporterJavaNet]).
  */
 abstract class NetworkPacketTransporter : Closeable {
     val address: String