InetAddressUtil.java

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package org.apache.camel.util;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * Util class for {@link java.net.InetAddress}
 */
public final class InetAddressUtil {

    private InetAddressUtil() {
        // util class
    }

    /**
     * When using the {@link java.net.InetAddress#getHostName()} method in an
     * environment where neither a proper DNS lookup nor an <tt>/etc/hosts</tt>
     * entry exists for a given host, the following exception will be thrown:
     * <p/>
     * <code>
     * java.net.UnknownHostException: <hostname>: <hostname>
     * at java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost(InetAddress.java:1425)
     * ...
     * </code>
     * <p/>
     * Instead of just throwing an UnknownHostException and giving up, this
     * method grabs a suitable hostname from the exception and prevents the
     * exception from being thrown. If a suitable hostname cannot be acquired
     * from the exception, only then is the <tt>UnknownHostException</tt> thrown.
     *
     * @return the hostname
     * @throws UnknownHostException is thrown if hostname could not be resolved
     */
    public static String getLocalHostName() throws UnknownHostException {
        try {
            return (InetAddress.getLocalHost()).getHostName();
        } catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
            String host = uhe.getMessage(); // host = "hostname: hostname"
            if (host != null) {
                int colon = host.indexOf(':');
                if (colon > 0) {
                    return host.substring(0, colon);
                }
            }
            throw uhe;
        }
    }

}