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package org.apache.ivy.util;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

/**
 * This class contains basic helper methods for the Host. 
 * 
 */
public final class HostUtil {
    /**
     * This default constructor is to hide this class from initialization through other classes.
     */
    private HostUtil() {
    }
    
    /**
     * This method returns the name of the current Host, if this name cannot be determined,
     * localhost will be returned. 
     * 
     * @return The name of the current "local" Host.
     */
    public static String getLocalHostName() {
        try {
            return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            return "localhost";
        }
    }
}

@@ -1009,16 +1009,74 @@
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+    %0A    private static String localHostName = null;%0A    %0A
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@@ -1479,32 +1479,86 @@
     
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+if (localHostName == null) %7B%0A            try %7B%0A                localHostName =
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+    localHostName =
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+    %7D%0A        %7D%0A        return localHostName;
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Cache the localhost name as suggested in IVY-817