Java Get Local Host Name

Tags: InetAddress

In this Java tutorial, we learn how to write Java program to get the local host name in Java programming language.

How to get the local host name in Java

First step, create a new Java class named LocalHostUtils. In this new class, implement a static method named getLocalHostName(), to get the local host name we can use the InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() method as Java code below.

LocalHostUtils.java 

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

public class LocalHostUtils {

    /**
     * This method to get the local host name.
     * @return the local host name.
     */
    public static String getLocalHostName() {
        String localhostMName = null;
        try {
            localhostMName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return localhostMName;
    }
}

In the following example Java program, we learn how to the above LocalHostUtils.getLocalHostName() static method in Java program.

GetLocalHostNameExample.java 

public class GetLocalHostNameExample {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        // Get Local Host Name
        String hostName = LocalHostUtils.getLocalHostName();

        System.out.println("Local host name: " + hostName);
    }
}
The output as below. 
Local host name: simplecomputer

Happy Coding 😊

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