/**
* Figure out some random hostname for this computer
*
* @return
* @throws SocketException
*/
public static String getHostname() throws SocketException {
try {
String hostname = java.net.InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
if (hostname != null) return hostname;
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
}
Set<InetAddress> addrs = EndpointUtil.getInetAddresses();
for (InetAddress addr : addrs) {
String hostaddr = addr.getHostAddress();
String hostname = EndpointUtil.inetAddressToName(addr);
if (!hostaddr.equals(hostname)) return hostname;
}
return "localhost";
}
