Here you can find the source of getLocalHost()
public static String getLocalHost()
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w . j ava 2s . c o m*/ * Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Caucho Technology -- all rights reserved * * This file is part of Baratine(TM)(TM) * * Each copy or derived work must preserve the copyright notice and this * notice unmodified. * * Baratine 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. * * Baratine 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, or any warranty * of NON-INFRINGEMENT. See the GNU General Public License for more * details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with Baratine; if not, write to the * * Free Software Foundation, Inc. * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330 * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * * @author Scott Ferguson */ import java.net.InetAddress; public class Main { private static String _localHost; public static String getLocalHost() { if (_localHost != null) return _localHost; try { InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); _localHost = addr.getHostName(); } catch (Exception e) { _localHost = "127.0.0.1"; } return _localHost; } }