Get the Hostname via IP Address

The class java.net.InetAddress represents an Internet Protocol (IP) address. You can use this class to find the hostname of an IP address. The following code demonstrates this:

 
try
{
	java.net.InetAddress inetAdd =
java.net.InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"); 
	//127.0.0.1 is loop back address
	System.out.println ("Hostname is: " + inetAdd.getHostName());
}
catch(catch(java.net.UnknownHostException uhe)
{
	//handle exception
}


														Behrouz Fallahi
														 
														
															
																
																	
																		
																			
																				
																			
																		
																		
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