Here you can find the source of getLocalHostName()
public static String getLocalHostName()
//package com.java2s; /* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** * Version: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1/*w w w . j a v a 2s.c o m*/ * * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version * 1.1 (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.mozilla.org/MPL/ * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the * License. * * The Original Code is part of dcm4che, an implementation of DICOM(TM) in * Java(TM), hosted at http://sourceforge.net/projects/dcm4che. * * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is * TIANI Medgraph AG. * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2002-2005 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): * Gunter Zeilinger <gunter.zeilinger@tiani.com> * * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of * either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or * the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"), * in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead * of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only * under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to * use your version of this file under the terms of the MPL, indicate your * decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice * and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete * the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under * the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL. * * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */ import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.UnknownHostException; public class Main { private static String localHostName = null; private static String localHostAddress = null; public static String getLocalHostName() { if (localHostName == null) { init(); } return localHostName; } private static void init() { try { InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); localHostName = skipDomain(ia.getHostName()); localHostAddress = ia.getHostAddress(); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { localHostName = "localhost"; localHostAddress = "127.0.0.1"; } } public static String skipDomain(String fqdn) { if (Character.isDigit(fqdn.charAt(0))) { return fqdn; } int pos = fqdn.indexOf('.'); return pos == -1 ? fqdn : fqdn.substring(0, pos); } }