Getting hostname with java fails in latest jdk7

Question

I\'ve been getting hostname of the machine as follows:

InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();

However, when I put latest JDK (jdk1.7.0_04),

Answer 1

I had the same problem and when all the following lined up it worked. host name had to be appended with DOT local

$ scutil --get HostName
drums
$ scutil --get LocalHostName
drums
$ scutil --get ComputerName
drums

$ sudo hostname drums.local
$ hostname
drums.local

$sudo vim /etc/hosts
192.168.x.IP drums
127.0.0.1 localhost drums
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost
fXXX::1XXX localhost

$networksetup -setv6off Ethernet

$ sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.9

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)