Package com.yahoo.net

Class HostName

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.net.HostName

public class HostName
extends Object

This class has utilities for getting the hostname of the system running the JVM. Detection of the hostname is now done before starting any Vespa programs and provided in the environment variable VESPA_HOSTNAME; if that variable isn't set a default of "localhost" is always returned.

Author:

arnej

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HostName()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getLocalhost()	Return a public and fully qualified hostname for localhost that resolves to an IP address on a network interface.
static void	setHostNameForTestingOnly(String hostName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

HostName

public HostName()

Method Details

getLocalhost

public static String getLocalhost()

Return a public and fully qualified hostname for localhost that resolves to an IP address on a network interface.

Returns:

the preferred name of localhost

setHostNameForTestingOnly

public static void setHostNameForTestingOnly(String hostName)