Here you can find the source of getMyHostname()
public static String getMyHostname()
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (C) 2016 Black Duck Software, Inc. * http://www.blackducksoftware.com//*from w w w . j a v a 2 s.c o m*/ * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. *******************************************************************************/ import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.NetworkInterface; import java.net.SocketException; import java.net.UnknownHostException; import java.util.Enumeration; public class Main { public static String getMyHostname() { String hostName = null; try { hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName(); } catch (final UnknownHostException e) { try { // Get the network interfaces for this machine final Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(); while (interfaces.hasMoreElements()) { final NetworkInterface nic = interfaces.nextElement(); // Get the addresses for this network interface final Enumeration<InetAddress> addresses = nic.getInetAddresses(); // will loop through the addresses until it finds a non loop // back address that has a host name while (hostName == null && addresses.hasMoreElements()) { final InetAddress address = addresses.nextElement(); // if the address is not a loopback address then get the // host name if (!address.isLoopbackAddress()) { hostName = address.getHostName(); break; } } if (hostName != null) { break; } } } catch (final SocketException se) { // ignore this return hostName; } } return hostName; } }