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Find the hostname of localhost.

Demo Code

/* $Revision: 361 $ $Date: 2010-10-01 16:11:11 +0200 (Fr, 01 Okt 2010) $ $Author: bkiers $
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//package com.java2s;

import java.net.InetAddress;

import java.net.UnknownHostException;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Find the hostname of localhost.
     *
     * @return the hostname of localhost.
     */
    public static String getHostName() {
        try {
            return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            // swallow it
        }
        return null;
    }
}

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