[jboss-dev] ServerInfo.getHostName()/getHostAddress() can show confusing information

[Scott Stark]

I think its just a legacy view that was never updated to reflect the 
bound address. We could be showing all interfaces, the InetAddress 
defaults as well as the bound address from ServerInfo.

Galder Zamarreno wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering whether the current implementation of 
> ServerInfo.getHostName() and ServerInfo.getHostAddress() are of any 
> real use, specially when the value passed via -b is different to 
> InetAddress.getLocalHost() which leads to confusion: You bind to X but 
> ServerInfo shows host name or host address being Y.
>
> Besides, there's no easy way of checking what's the IP to which the 
> server is bound other than browsing through the system properties.
>
> So, I'd suggest changing getHostName/getHostAddress to be based on 
> jboss.bind.address system property and this is not set fall back on 
> InetAddress.getLocalHost().
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,