code: private String parseHostAddress(String str)
  	{
  		String	header = "giop:tcp:";
  		if (str.startsWith(header))
  			str = str.substring(header.length());
  
  		int		end = str.lastIndexOf(':');
  		if (end>0)
  			str = str.substring(0, end);
  		return str;
  	}
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