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

This is a known issue in the macosx port of JDK7u4.

http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-564