uimaj-2.2.1-incubating/uimaj-adapter-vinci/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/adapter/vinci/util/NetworkUtil.java

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package org.apache.uima.adapter.vinci.util;

import java.net.Inet4Address;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.NetworkInterface;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.Enumeration;

/**
 * Network utilities.
 */
public class NetworkUtil {
  /**
   * Gets the InetAddress of the localhost. Attempts to get a non-loopback address (i.e. not
   * 127.0.0.1) if at all possible. This utility is better than InetAddress.getLocalHost() since the
   * latter often fails on Linux.
   * 
   * @return the InetAddress of the localhost. This will be a non-loopback address if one could be
   *         found.
   * 
   * @throws UnknownHostException
   *           if the local host address could not be obtained
   */
  public static InetAddress getLocalHostAddress() throws UnknownHostException {
    // try the straightforward call first
    InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
    if (!localhost.isLoopbackAddress()) {
      return localhost;
    }

    // the above often fails on Linux. Try enumerating all NetworkInterfaces.
    try {
      Enumeration networkInterfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
      while (networkInterfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
        NetworkInterface networkInterface = (NetworkInterface) networkInterfaces.nextElement();
        Enumeration addresses = networkInterface.getInetAddresses();
        while (addresses.hasMoreElements()) {
          InetAddress address = (InetAddress) addresses.nextElement();
          if (address instanceof Inet4Address && !address.isLoopbackAddress()) {
            return address;
          }
        }
      }
    } catch (SocketException e) {
      // couldn't get network interfaces. Give up.
    }

    // give up and just return the loopback address
    return localhost;
  }
}