org.wso2.carbon.utils
Class NetworkUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.wso2.carbon.utils.NetworkUtils

public final class NetworkUtils
extends Object

Utility classes for networking

Field Summary

static String	LOCALHOST what we return when we cannot determine our hostname.
static String	LOCALHOST_IPV6 loopback address in IPV6

Method Summary

static String	getLocalHostname() Get the string defining the hostname of the system, as taken from the default network adapter of the system.
static String	getMgtHostName() Returns the host name to be used by the Management Console
static void	init(String hostName, String mgtHostName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LOCALHOST

public static final String LOCALHOST

what we return when we cannot determine our hostname. We use this rather than 'localhost' as if DNS is very confused, localhost can map to different machines than "self".

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Constant Field Values

LOCALHOST_IPV6

public static final String LOCALHOST_IPV6

loopback address in IPV6

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

init

public static void init(String hostName,
                        String mgtHostName)
                 throws SocketException

Throws:

SocketException

getLocalHostname

public static String getLocalHostname()
                               throws SocketException

Get the string defining the hostname of the system, as taken from the default network adapter of the system. There is no guarantee that this will be fully qualified, or that it is the hostname used by external machines to access the server. If we cannot determine the name, then we return the default hostname, which is defined by LOCALHOST

Returns:

a string name of the host.

Throws:

SocketException

getMgtHostName

public static String getMgtHostName()

Returns the host name to be used by the Management Console

Returns:

host name to be used by the Management Console