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+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+package com.google.devtools.build.lib.util;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+/**
+ * Various utility methods for network related stuff.
+ */
+public final class NetUtil {
+
+  private NetUtil() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the short hostname or <code>unknown</code> if the host name could
+   * not be determined.
+   */
+  public static String findShortHostName() {
+    try {
+      return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
+    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+      return "unknown";
+    }
+  }
+}