Java Host Name Get getHostname()

Description

get Hostname

License

Open Source License

Return

the local hostname, if possible. Failure results in "localhost".

Declaration

public static String getHostname() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww  w.ja  v  a  2 s. c  o m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2017 Kevin Herron
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * and Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which accompany this distribution.
 *
 * The Eclipse Public License is available at
 *   http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * and the Eclipse Distribution License is available at
 *   http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.html.
 */

import java.net.InetAddress;

import java.net.UnknownHostException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @return the local hostname, if possible. Failure results in "localhost".
     */
    public static String getHostname() {
        try {
            return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            return "localhost";
        }
    }
}

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