Here you can find the source of getLocalInetAddresses(boolean includeLoopback)
public static Set<InetAddress> getLocalInetAddresses(boolean includeLoopback)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww .j a v a 2 s . c o m*/ * Robonobo Common Utils * Copyright (C) 2008 Will Morton (macavity@well.com) & Ray Hilton (ray@wirestorm.net) * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.util.*; import java.net.*; public class Main { public static Set<InetAddress> getLocalInetAddresses(boolean includeLoopback) { Set<InetAddress> retSet = new HashSet<InetAddress>(); Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces; try { interfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(); } catch (SocketException e) { return retSet; } while (interfaces.hasMoreElements()) { NetworkInterface thisInterface = interfaces.nextElement(); Enumeration<InetAddress> addrs = thisInterface.getInetAddresses(); while (addrs.hasMoreElements()) { InetAddress addr = addrs.nextElement(); if (!includeLoopback && addr.isLoopbackAddress()) continue; retSet.add(addr); } } return retSet; } }