public boolean loopback(){
  try {
    return _myMulticastSocket.getLoopbackMode();
  }
 catch (  SocketException se) {
    Logger.printError("Multicast.loopback()","" + se);
  }
  return false;
}

public boolean loopback ( ) { try { return _myMulticastSocket . getLoopbackMode ( ) ; } catch ( SocketException se ) { Logger . printError ( "Multicast.loopback()" , "" + se ) ; } return false ; }
get the current loopback mode . messages loop back to the local address if the loopback is set to false . set loopback to false to prevent messages to loop back to your local address .
